Thompson v. M'Clenachan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR.' Writ of- error to the Court of Common Pleas of. Montgomery county, in an ejectment for lands- in Lower Merion township, brought by Robert M‘Clena chan and William, Diehl, and Hannah his wife, late Hannah M‘Clenachan, plaintiffs below and defendants in error, against John Thompson and others, defendants below and plaintiffs in error. The court below, on the cáse stated, rendered judgment for the plaintiffs in that court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion .of the court was delivered by
Hüston, J.
This, case has been elaborately and ably argued. The counsel have, however, embraced, in the discussion, much ground over which it will not be necessary to follow them. . The view I shall take of the pause will bring me .to a conclusion without deciding many of the points raised in the argument.
It.is assumed by both parties^ that the late Charles Thompson and Hannah his wife, were possessed of a valuable estate in lands, of which the fee simple was in Mrs. Hannah Thompson; and in which, as they never had children, Charles Thompson had not a…
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