Miner's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county: In Equity: No. 330, to January Term 1869. The bill in this case was filed, October 29th 1867, by Julia E. Miner against Jesse Thomas, and Parrish & Drake, who were lessees of Thomas. The bill set out as follows: — Samuel G. Miner died intestate on the 1st of October 1847, seised in fee of a tract of land in Plains township, Luzerne county.
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county: In Equity: No. 330, to January Term 1869. The bill in this case was filed, October 29th 1867, by Julia E. Miner against Jesse Thomas, and Parrish & Drake, who were lessees of Thomas. The bill set out as follows: — Samuel G. Miner died intestate on the 1st of October 1847, seised in fee of a tract of land in Plains township, Luzerne county. He left to survive him a widow, Julia E., the plaintiff, and two children, Henry T. Miner and Mary E. Miner, and certain collateral heirs. Henry died July 4th 1852, and Mary, October…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of'the Court was delivered, May 11th 1869, by
Williams, J.
This case received a very attentive and patient hearing in the court below. The able and satisfactory report of the master, and the elaborate and exhaustive opinion of the learned judge, sustained and fortified as their positions are by the numerous authorities to which they have referred, render it unnecessary for us to travel over the same ground, or to cite any cases in support of the conclusion to which we have come. The only question in the case arises upon the construction of the plaintiff’s deed to the defendant for…
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