McGarry v. McGarry
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 21, April T., 1898, by Geo. Y. Adelman, assignee, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1895, No. 368, on verdict for defendant. Issue awarded under Act of June 10,1893, P. L. 415, to settle and determine respective rights in and to land described in said issue. Before Rayburn, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Yerdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 21, April T., 1898, by Geo. Y. Adelman, assignee, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1895, No. 368, on verdict for defendant. Issue awarded under Act of June 10,1893, P. L. 415, to settle and determine respective rights in and to land described in said issue. Before Rayburn, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Yerdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. JErrors assigned among others were (1) in refusing to admit in evidence the following letter from M. F. Leason, Esq.: “ Kittanning, Pa., Oct. 19th, 1893. “Mb. J. S. McGarry, “…
1Opinion of the Court
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Rice, P. J.,
By his will probated in January, 1876, Patrick McGarry devised the house and lot in suit to his widow for life, and directed that after her death, the property should be sold and *751200 of the proceeds be paid to his daughter, Anna McGarry, the defendant, and the residue be divided equally among his four children. The widow died in August, 1881, and in the same year the plaintiff, James McGarry, and his two sisters, Bridget and Mary, signed and acknowledged a deed for the lot to their sister, the defendant. The latter had lived with, and taken care of, her mother after…
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