Watson v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 154, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March T., 1898, No. 200, on verdict for defendant in case of Mary W. D. Watson v. Samuel Watson. Ejectment to recover an undivided one-fourth interest in land in the tenth ward of the city of Allegheny. Before Slagle, J. At the trial the court directed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 154, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March T., 1898, No. 200, on verdict for defendant in case of Mary W. D. Watson v. Samuel Watson. Ejectment to recover an undivided one-fourth interest in land in the tenth ward of the city of Allegheny. Before Slagle, J. At the trial the court directed the jury to find a verdict for the defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendant. On a motion for a new trial, Slagle, J., filed the following opinion: . This is an action of ejectment to recover an undivided one-fourth interest in ten acres of land in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
In his opinion refusing a new trial the learned court below has stated fully the uncontroverted facts and has correctly given the facts deducible from the oral and written testimony. They need not be restated here at length.
The plaintiff in the court below claimed the right to recover the undivided one fourth of the land described in the writ for either or both of two reasons: 1. Because she was a cotenant of the defendant in the property notwithstanding the deed of William Thaw conveying to the defendant the title absolutely, and (2) because the defendant had…
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