Moninger v. Ritner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: Of October and November Term 1883, No. 108. Ejectment, by Henry Eitner against George W. Moninger, for a house and lot situate in Washington, Pa. Plea, not guilty.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: Of October and November Term 1883, No. 108. Ejectment, by Henry Eitner against George W. Moninger, for a house and lot situate in Washington, Pa. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, title to the premises in dispute was admitted in Martha Pool, on July 30th i860, who by deed of that date conveyed the same to Ellen Eitner, wife of Henry Eitner, the plaiutiff, the marriage having taken place in 1834. Ellen Eitner died in July 1880, leaving the plaintiff to survive her, who claimed title to the said premises for his life, as tenant by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
The plaintiff below claims title to the property in controversy by virtue of his right as tenant by the curtesy in the estate of his deceased wife, Ellen Ritner, who died some time in July 1880. As she was seised of the lot in dispute during her coverture, were there nothing else in the case, his right to have and hold it, during the term of his natui’al life, could not be successfully controverted. But on part of the defence there was an offer made to show that, on the petition of Ellen Ritner, setting forth the fact that her husband had, without cause, willfully abandoned her, the court of…
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