Vance v. Nogle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence county: No. 81, to October and November Term 1871. This was an ejectment commenced, 20th of April 1866, by Elizabeth Nogle against Robert Yance, for a tract of 100 acres of land. John Nogle being the owner of the premises in dispute, on the 11th of July 1864 entered into an agreement in writing and under seal with his daughter Caroline Vance, who was the wife of Robert Yance, by which he sold the premises to Mrs. Yance.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence county: No. 81, to October and November Term 1871. This was an ejectment commenced, 20th of April 1866, by Elizabeth Nogle against Robert Yance, for a tract of 100 acres of land. John Nogle being the owner of the premises in dispute, on the 11th of July 1864 entered into an agreement in writing and under seal with his daughter Caroline Vance, who was the wife of Robert Yance, by which he sold the premises to Mrs. Yance. The agreement recited that the land was in the possession of Rezin Nogle, and the vendor covenanted to convey it to Mrs. Yance…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, November 20th 1871, by
Agnew, J.
This is not a contest between the creditors of a husband and a wife claiming property acquired by her after marriage, in which she is required to show clearly and precisely a separate estate which has gone into the purchase. Here a vendor is seeking to get back, by ejectment from a feme covert vendee, property of which she took possession under her purchase, has in part paid for, and stands ready and offers to pay for, according to her contract, and the court below sustained the vendor’s suit on the ground that the…
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