Legal Opinion

Heacock v. Fly

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 6, 1850PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error to the Common Pleas of Bucles county. This was an action of ejectment brought by Anthony Fly against William Heacock, John Alshouse and Susanna Alshouse his wife. John Alshouse died after judgment was entered in the court below, but before this writ of error was sued out; and his death was suggested upon the record in the court below before this writ was issued.

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Error to the Common Pleas of Bucles county. This was an action of ejectment brought by Anthony Fly against William Heacock, John Alshouse and Susanna Alshouse his wife. John Alshouse died after judgment was entered in the court below, but before this writ of error was sued out; and his death was suggested upon the record in the court below before this writ was issued. The material facts of the case appear in the special verdict, which is stated in the opinion of his honor Justice Burnside. The case was tried before Krause, J., by whom judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff.' It was…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burnside, J.

— This ejectment was brought by Anthony Fly, against Heacock, John Alshouse and Susanna Alshouse his wife. On the trial, a special verdict was found by the jury, under the *542direction of the court, in which all the material facts are stated. The jury found that Anthony Ely- and wife, being • seized of the premises in dispute, on the 23d day of November, A. D. 1889, executed a deed of conveyance for the same, consisting of a lot of land of about seven acres, to William Heacock, in trust, to and for the sole and separate use of the said Susanna…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cook v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
  2. Fitzgerald v. PeckCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1823
  3. Megargel v. SaulSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1838
  4. Lessee of Campbell v. SproatSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1791

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. First National Bank v. RockefellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Norris v. CroweSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  3. Wilson v. OttSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  4. Price v. ShultzSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  5. Lessee of Campbell v. SproatSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1791

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