Ludwig v. Leonard
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by Ludwig & Ivneedler against William Leonard to recover the one-fifth of the one-third and the one-fourth of another fifth of a house and lot in Carlisle. Christian Leonard died in 1825 seised of the property, leaving a widow and six children, of whom Edward Leonard was one.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by Ludwig & Ivneedler against William Leonard to recover the one-fifth of the one-third and the one-fourth of another fifth of a house and lot in Carlisle. Christian Leonard died in 1825 seised of the property, leaving a widow and six children, of whom Edward Leonard was one. On the 23d December 1841, the plaintiffs obtained a judgment against him, upon which executions were issued, and his interest in the property in dispute was levied and sold to the plaintiffs and conveyed to them by the sheriff on the 15th…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
Both parties claim under Christian Leonard, who died seised of the premises, intestate, leaving a widow and six children, one of whom, Margaret, is since deceased. To the November Term 1841, the plaintiffs, Ludwig and Kneedier, obtained judgment against Edward B. Leonard, one of the heirs, and on a venditioni his interest in the house and lot was sold, and conveyed by the sheriff to the plaintiffs. This gives the plaintiffs a primh facie title; but the defendant resists the right to recover on an article of agreement, by which he contends…
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