Urban v. Grimes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county. Ej ectmont for the undivided half of two town lots in the borough of Meadville. Plea, not guilty; and verdict for plaintiff. Both parties claimed title through Edward Grimes, deceased, and hence the title was admitted to have been in him. This saíne Edward Grimes died, leaving heirs, four children, named Andrew M., Catherine, intermarried with Amos Williams, Sally Ann, afterwards intermarried with William IT.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county. Ej ectmont for the undivided half of two town lots in the borough of Meadville. Plea, not guilty; and verdict for plaintiff. Both parties claimed title through Edward Grimes, deceased, and hence the title was admitted to have been in him. This saíne Edward Grimes died, leaving heirs, four children, named Andrew M., Catherine, intermarried with Amos Williams, Sally Ann, afterwards intermarried with William IT. Glenn, and Polly, the plaintiff below. The plaintiff claimed one-fourth interest by descent, and another by purchase from her…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion was delivered December 16, 1853.
2Per curiam
— Polly Grimes, who was plaintiff below, claimed the land in dispute, as one of the heirs of her father, and by virtue of a conveyance from her sister Sally, another heir. Sally was of age in August, 1836, and Polly in February, 1838.
They had conveyed their interest to the brother, Andrew, in March, 1836, and it was sold at sheriff’s sale, as the property of Andrew, the brother, in April, 1840. This suit was brought in Oct. 1850, and sustained on the ground, that the girls were minors when they conveyed to their brother, and the only question, which…
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