Marshall v. Carr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 24, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Nov. T., 1915, No. 759, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Fur-man Marshall v. Frank L. Carr. Ejectment. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings and instructions, as stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court, quoting the bills of exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This appeal is by defendant from judgment entered for plaintiff upon a verdict in an action of ejectment, in which plaintiff claimed title -as sole heir of Clarissa Marshall, who died seized in September, 1915; while defendant claimed a life estate, as her surviving husband, and also that her name was Clarissa Marshall Carr. She and defendant lived together at Wilkes-Barre and cohabited practically as husband and wife from about the year 1900 until her death, and defendant testified that they were married by a magistrate in Scranton on September 25, 1911, and he…
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