Innis v. Templeton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of McKean county: Of May Term 1880, No. 67. Ejectment by William J. hnnis against P. A. Templeton.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of McKean county: Of May Term 1880, No. 67. Ejectment by William J. hnnis against P. A. Templeton. By agreement the parties waived a trial by jury and submitted the case to the decision of the court, Williams, P. J., who found the facts as follows :— “That in the months of September, October and November 1877, and until the 28th of August 1878, the land in controversy was held by Lois M. Innis, wife of William Innis, by virtue of a contract with Calvin T. Chamberlain, and was in her actual possession, being part of a larger tract held by her under said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
The plaintiff seeks to recover the land in question under title derived from Lois M. Innis. By agreement filed the parties waived a trial by jury, and submitted the case to the decision of the court. The facts found and admitted show, inter alia, that Mrs. Innis, a married woman, held a title to, and was in the actual possession of, a tract of land called her “homestead.” While thus holding and in the possession thereof, she and her husband of the one part, and one Watkins of the other part, entered into an *266article of agreement, dated the 11th November 1877, whereby the party of the first…
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