Wells v. Bunnell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, July T., 1893, by defendant, F. C. Bunnell, from judgment of C. P. Wyoming Co., Aug. T., 1892, No. 39, on verdict for plaintiff, E. H. Wells. Ejectment. Before Sittser, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the' Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 53, July T., 1893, by defendant, F. C. Bunnell, from judgment of C. P. Wyoming Co., Aug. T., 1892, No. 39, on verdict for plaintiff, E. H. Wells. Ejectment. Before Sittser, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the' Supreme Court. At the trial the court rejected, under exception, various offers of testimony tending to show acts and declarations of Martha H. Bunnell, defendant’s wife, to prove that she was still the real owner of the propertjn [1-6] Defendant’s offer to call his wife, as if on cross-examination, alleging that she was the real plaintiff, was overruled. [7]…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
This is an action of ejectment by a sheriff’s vendee, to recover possession of a dwelling house and lot sold as the property of Martha H. Bunnell. She makes no defence, but her husband, F. C. Bunnell, who is in possession of the property, defends on the ground that the sheriff’s sale, under which the plaintiff claims, was a device to deprive him of his marital rights in the property of his wife. The facts that led up to this suit are as follows: The defendant, F. C. Bunnell, was formerly the owner of the property. He failed in business and in 1889 made an…
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