Heppenstall v. Leng
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 182, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from decree of O. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1905, No. 254, sustaining bill in equity in case of George T. Heppenstall v. Christian P. Leng. Bill in equity to quiet title. Before Over, J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court sufficiently states the case. Error assigned was /the decree of the court in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The learned judge of the court below has so fully vindicated his conclusions on the merits of the case in the able and exhaustive opinion filed by him, that we need not enter into a discussion to sustain his findings. He has found and stated the facts at length to which no error is alleged here by the appellant.
The right of a party in possession of, and claiming title to, real estate to. invoke the aid of a chancellor in removing a *493cloud from his title is well settled. In Dull’s Appeal, 113 Pa. 510 we held, as stated in the syllabus, that the jurisdiction of a…
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