Hall v. Vanness
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Tioga county. This was an action of ejectment,’by W. W, Hall against Henry P. Vanness, John Vanness, and Peter V. Vanness, to recover a tract of land in Rutland township, containing about eighty-four acres. The land was formerly part of the Bingham estate.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Tioga county. This was an action of ejectment,’by W. W, Hall against Henry P. Vanness, John Vanness, and Peter V. Vanness, to recover a tract of land in Rutland township, containing about eighty-four acres. The land was formerly part of the Bingham estate. Dr. Robert N. Ross was agent of the trustee of that estate until his death, which occurred in February 1842. The contract under Avhich plaintiff claimed was executed on the 9th of March 1832, by E. B. G-eroulds as sub-agent under Dr. Rose, and was by him delivered to Eli Day, Avho paid $4. Day improved some…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
When Nicholas Hall died, whatever interest, legal or equitable, he had in any real estate, descended to his children, of whom the plaintiff in error is one, and not to his widow; and hence, when she surrendered the article of agree*463ment under which he claimed the land in question and took an article for it in her own name, she stood as trustee for the heirs. So a transfer to the defendant below, with knowledge of the state of the title and possession by her husband in his lifetime, would place him in her position, and in no other.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wykoff v. WykoffSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
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