Duff v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 283, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Levi Bird Duff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 687, on verdict for A. C. Patterson and Georgia Patterson. Ejectment. Before Collier, J. At the trial, it appeared that both parties claimed title under William M. Abrams.
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Appeal, No. 283, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Levi Bird Duff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 687, on verdict for A. C. Patterson and Georgia Patterson. Ejectment. Before Collier, J. At the trial, it appeared that both parties claimed title under William M. Abrams. Abrams originally owned an undivided interest in the land in common with Samuel Pierce and Jacob Rush, but he acquired the title of his cotenants and became the sole owner July 28,1873. He then conveyed to Charles A. McClelland, by deed dated April 14, 1876, recorded June 27, 1888. McClelland…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Thompson,
The substantial question in this ejectment is whether the appellant was a bona fide purchaser of the land involved and without notice. Abrams’s deed to appellant, the plaintiff below, was dated December 15, 1887, and recorded December 19th, of *315the same year. Appellee, Mrs. Patterson, deduced her title also from Abrams, but his deed to his first vendee Charles A. McClelland was dated April 4,1876, and was not recorded until June 27, 1888, some six months after the recording of the deed to appellant. That deed however it is testified was in the hands of Mr.…
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