Anderson v. Brinser
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP DAUPHIN COUNTY., No. 12 May Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 258 August Term 1885, C. P. On June 18, 1885, Christianna Anderson et al. brought ejectment against Jonas Brinser for lot No. 258 in the town of Portsmouth, now known as the borough of Middletown. The defendant’s plea was not guilty.
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APPEALS BY DEPENDANT PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP DAUPHIN COUNTY., No. 12 May Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 258 August Term 1885, C. P. On June 18, 1885, Christianna Anderson et al. brought ejectment against Jonas Brinser for lot No. 258 in the town of Portsmouth, now known as the borough of Middletown. The defendant’s plea was not guilty. At the trial on January 17, 1887, both the plaintiffs and the defendant claimed title under John Snyder, who died prior to 1857, seised of the lot in controversy, leaving as his heirs at law several children among whom was Washington R. Snyder.…
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Mr. Justice Claes:
It is agreed that John Snyder owned and died seised of the premises in dispute. Both parties rely on this common source of title. The plaintiffs, on the one hand, are the heirs at law of John Anderson, deceased, who they allege, in his lifetime, in the year 1857, purchased the premises under a parol contract from the heirs of John Snyder, then deceased; and their claim is, that this parol contract has been so far in part executed as to render it unjust and inequitable to rescind the same. The defendant, on the other hand, claims under a regularly executed conveyance…
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