Quality Lumber & Millwork Co. v. Andrus

414 Pa. 411 (1964)

Quality Lumber & Millwork Co., Appellant,

v.

Andrus.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued March 17, 1964.

May 27, 1964.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Robert S. Glass, for appellant.

Earl F. Glock, for appellee.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, May 27, 1964:

This appeal presents an important issue: whether the deed of the personal representative of a decedent, who died intestate, conveyed title to the decedent's realty to bona fide grantees free and clear of the lien of a prior mortgage against such realty, the mortgage having been executed by…