Ex parte Peneveyre
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CHARLES PENEVEYRE petitioned this court, stating that Catharine Hanchman of the city of Philadelphia, widow, by indenture dated the 22d of May 1834, granted and conveyed unto Charles F. Souder, of said city, his heirs and assigns, a certain brick messuage or tenement and lot or piece of ground, situate on the south side of Sassafras street, between Delaware Fifth and Sixth streets, in said city, &c., yielding and paying therefor unto, the said Catharine, her heirs and…
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CHARLES PENEVEYRE petitioned this court, stating that Catharine Hanchman of the city of Philadelphia, widow, by indenture dated the 22d of May 1834, granted and conveyed unto Charles F. Souder, of said city, his heirs and assigns, a certain brick messuage or tenement and lot or piece of ground, situate on the south side of Sassafras street, between Delaware Fifth and Sixth streets, in said city, &c., yielding and paying therefor unto, the said Catharine, her heirs and assigns, the yearly rent or sum of §168, lawful silver money of the United States of America, in equal half-yearly payments on…
1Opinion of the Court
This court made the following decree:
It appearing to the court from the, pleadings in this case,
1. That the ground rent therein mentioned is by the terms of the deed reserving the same subject to redemption.
2. That Catharine Hanchman, the grantor, by whom the said ground rent was reserved, died leaving a will, whereby she appointed Joseph G. Auner her executor.
3. That the said ground rent is subject to a general lien for the payment of the debts of the decedent under the Act of Assembly • — to specific liens by mortgages given by and judgment obtained against the testatrix during her life;…
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- Conard's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859