Evans v. Meylert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Butler county. This was an ejectment to September Term, 1848, by Sarah Frances Evans, by her next friend, Sarah Collins, v. Amos N. Meylert, and others, for a tract of 417 acres 145 perches of land, adjoining the borough of Butler. The plaintiff was the daughter of Valeria Evans, wife of Evan R. Evans, both of whom were deceased, and she claimed the land as heir-at-law of her mother.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Butler county. This was an ejectment to September Term, 1848, by Sarah Frances Evans, by her next friend, Sarah Collins, v. Amos N. Meylert, and others, for a tract of 417 acres 145 perches of land, adjoining the borough of Butler. The plaintiff was the daughter of Valeria Evans, wife of Evan R. Evans, both of whom were deceased, and she claimed the land as heir-at-law of her mother. The land was patented to Stephen Lowry, who by his will, proved 4th January, 1822, devised all his real estate in Pennsylvania to his daughter, Sarah Collins, who by her deed, dated…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Lewis, J.
Mrs. Valeria Evans, after her marriage with Evan R. Evans, became seised in fee, in her own right, of a tract of land in Butler county. On the 30th Oct. 1831, she joined with her husband in giving a mortgage thereon to George N. Cook for $2163, which was duly acknowledged and recorded. On the 28th Aug. 1833, a scire facias on the mortgage was prepared, and on the same day, without any service of the writ, an attorney appeared for the defendants and waived the service. He says, he appeared at the request of the husband, and not of the wife. On…
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