Biesecker v. Cobb
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Wayne Co., March T., 1899, No. 7, for plaintiff. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Appeal from justice of peace. It appears from the record that this was an appeal from a justice of-the peace, and that afterwards, by agreement of counsel, it was made an action of ejectment, and submitted under the provisions of the act of April 22, 1874, for trial by the court.
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Appeal, No. 50, Jan. T., 1900, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Wayne Co., March T., 1899, No. 7, for plaintiff. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Appeal from justice of peace. It appears from the record that this was an appeal from a justice of-the peace, and that afterwards, by agreement of counsel, it was made an action of ejectment, and submitted under the provisions of the act of April 22, 1874, for trial by the court. The court below, Purdy, P. J., filed the following opinion: This cause was submitted, under the provisions of the act of April 22, 1874, for trial by the court without a jury.…
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Rice, P. J.,
The facts of the case are very clearly stated in the findings of the learned judge of the court below, and may be briefly summarized as follows: April 28, 1888, judgment Charles M. West against E. S. H. Cobb; October 31, 1893, E. S. H. Cobb died testate devising to his wife, “ the right of dower and the balance of my estate real and personal to my surviving children, share and share alike; ” March 3, 1896, sci. fa. sur above judgment, served on executrix April 9, 1896; April 16,1896, heirs and devisees conveyed to Huslander; March 17, 1898, Huslander conveyed to Coursen;…
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