Reagle v. Reagle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 93, Oct. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Mercer Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 21, on verdict for plaintiffs. Ejectment for land in West Salem township. Before Miller, P. J. The facts appear by the charge of the court which was as follows: The controversy in this case is over a tract of land situated in West Salem township, Mercer county, containing fifty-two acres and thirty-two perches, or thereabouts.
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Appeal, No. 93, Oct. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Mercer Co., Jan. T., 1896, No. 21, on verdict for plaintiffs. Ejectment for land in West Salem township. Before Miller, P. J. The facts appear by the charge of the court which was as follows: The controversy in this case is over a tract of land situated in West Salem township, Mercer county, containing fifty-two acres and thirty-two perches, or thereabouts. From the evidence it appears that one Thomas Campbell, on the 25th of November, 1843, made and delivered to John Reagle a deed for a tract of land, containing in its…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
The parties to this suit are the children of John and Catherine Reagle deceased. The dispute between them relates to the title of the land described in the summons. The plaintiffs claim to have title to an undivided seven eighths of the land, and defendant claims to have title to the whole of it. In 1843 Thomas Campbell conveyed this land to John Reagle who went into possession of it the following spring and subsequently, by deed dated May 14, 1858, and recorded on the 24th of December of that year, he conveyed it to Catherine Reagle, his wife. He and his wife…
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