Hecker v. Haak
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 186. Ejectment by George W. Hecker against John W. Haak, Clemens Haak, William Haak and Charles Haak, for a lot in the city of Meadville. Jonas Knauss was the admitted common source of title in this case. In 1851 he died intestate, leaving a son and a daughter. The daughter’s name was Sarah Ann.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford county: Of October and November Term 1878, No. 186. Ejectment by George W. Hecker against John W. Haak, Clemens Haak, William Haak and Charles Haak, for a lot in the city of Meadville. Jonas Knauss was the admitted common source of title in this case. In 1851 he died intestate, leaving a son and a daughter. The daughter’s name was Sarah Ann. She was at the time of her father’s death intermarried with Dr. John W. Haak, one of the defendants. Dr. Haak, her husband, was appointed administrator of her father’s estate. In April 1853 Haak, as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
Defendants’ counsel urged that the plaintiff is a stranger, and that Sarah A. Haak is not complaining. Both parties claim under her, and as rightly as if each had actually contracted with her for the land. Had she given the defendants a deed in which her husband did not join, it would be useless; hut if, by virtue thereof, they should claim title it would be under her. Her deed lawfully executed to the plaintiff, at a later date, would enable him to recover the land. Like principle governs when each claims under a sheriff’s sale. The holder of real estate upder a valid sheriff’s deed succeeds…
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