Long v. McConnell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 251, Oct. T., 1893, by-plaintiff, John Long, executor of Susana Long, deceased, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., Oct. T., 1884, No. 193, on verdict for defendants, August Miller and Robert McConnell. Ejectment for fifty acres of land. Before Inghram, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 251, Oct. T., 1893, by-plaintiff, John Long, executor of Susana Long, deceased, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., Oct. T., 1884, No. 193, on verdict for defendants, August Miller and Robert McConnell. Ejectment for fifty acres of land. Before Inghram, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Defendants offer depositions of Adam Wise and Leonard Strait, to prove that the deed from Samuel Long to Susana Long of Nov. 22, 1860, was executed by said Samuel Long upon the condition and with the distinct understanding that his wife, the said Susana Long, should pay all…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
It is admitted that both parties to this action claim the land in dispute under Samuel Long, and that it was included in his deed of one hundred and twenty-four acres to his wife Susana Long, made Nov. 22, 1860, and recorded April 4,1861. This deed was written and witnessed by Joseph L. McConnell who was then interested in, and subsequently became the sole owner of a judgment entered on the 3d of August, 1860, against Samuel Long and August Miller. This judgment was a lien on the land described in the deed. The consideration named in the deed was seven hundred…
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