Cannon v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1918, No. 1514, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alice Carey Jackson Cannon v. Eobert George Jackson. Ejectment to recover an undivided half interest in a farm situated in the 14th ward of the City of Pittsburgh. Before Macfarlane, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts., Verdict for plaintiff and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 166, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1918, No. 1514, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Alice Carey Jackson Cannon v. Eobert George Jackson. Ejectment to recover an undivided half interest in a farm situated in the 14th ward of the City of Pittsburgh. Before Macfarlane, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts., Verdict for plaintiff and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in overruling defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Feazee,
Plaintiff, Alice Carey Jackson Cannon, a widow, brought this action of ejectment to recover an undivided half interest in a farm known as the Jackson Homestead, claiming to inherit as the illegitimate daughter of Mary Jackson, deceased daughter of George Jackson, the latter having died in 1854, leaving surviving him a widow, who died in 1874, a son, who died in 1886, and two daughters, Mary, or Mollie, who died in 1889, and Sarah, who died in 1912. Defendant claims the property under the will of Sarah, then Mrs. Black, the sole surviving daughter of George…
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