Miles v. Waggoner
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 102, April T., 1903, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1900, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Della Miles v. G. W. Waggoner and Henry Wright. Ejectment for house and lot in the city of Corry. Before Wallace, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 102, April T., 1903, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1900, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Della Miles v. G. W. Waggoner and Henry Wright. Ejectment for house and lot in the city of Corry. Before Wallace, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial it appeared that Mary Griffin, the mother of plaintiff, conveyed the land in controversy to plaintiff in 1893, by a deed which recited the consideration as being “ one dollar and natural love and affection.” At the time this deed was executed Mary Griffin was indebted to the defendant G. W. Waggoner, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of a small house and lot in the city of Corry. Both parties claim title under Mary Griffin, to whom it is conceded the land in controversy was conveyed by deed dated March 31, 1892, and recorded on November 6, 1893. The plaintiff proved title to the land in controversy by deed from Mary Griffin and Patrick Griffin, her husband, to the plaintiff, dated June 5, 1894, recorded on August 6, 1894. The plaintiff having shown a prima facie right to recover, and that the defendants were in possession…
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