Davis v. Robinson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 125, April T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 57, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of J. B. Davis et al., Councilmen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ursina, Pa., v. Sarah Catharine Robinson, wife of Charles F. Robinson. Ejectment for land in Ursian Borough. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 125, April T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Somerset Co., Sept. T., 1903, No. 57, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of J. B. Davis et al., Councilmen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Ursina, Pa., v. Sarah Catharine Robinson, wife of Charles F. Robinson. Ejectment for land in Ursian Borough. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned among others were (1) in giving binding instructions for plaintiffs ; (2) in admitting in evidence the deed to plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Pouter, J.,
The plaintiffs brought an action of ejectment for lot No. 124 on the general plan of lots of the borough of Ursina, in the county of Somerset. Both parties claimed under William J. Baer, who originally laid out the town. The plaintiffs offered in evidence a deed from William J. Baer to their predecessors in the office of councilmen of the church, dated — 1875, acknowledged — 1875, and recorded April 22, 1903, conveying lots Nos. 124 and 125 in the plan of Ursina. This deed was properly admitted in evidence, the court could not determine, in advance, whether Baer had…
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