Barkley v. Adams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Josephine Barkley, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1890, No. 139, in favor of defendant, William Adams, on case tried by the court without a jury. Ejectment. Before McIlvaine, P. J. The case was tried without a jury, under the act of 1874. The court found the facts as follows : “ a. Geo. Bentley died on Oct. 30, 1882, seized of eight tracts or parcels of land situated in Washington county, Pennsylvania.
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Appeal, No. 274, Oct. T., 1893, by plaintiff, Josephine Barkley, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1890, No. 139, in favor of defendant, William Adams, on case tried by the court without a jury. Ejectment. Before McIlvaine, P. J. The case was tried without a jury, under the act of 1874. The court found the facts as follows : “ a. Geo. Bentley died on Oct. 30, 1882, seized of eight tracts or parcels of land situated in Washington county, Pennsylvania. He left no lineal descendants, but a number of collateral heirs, of whom the plaintiff, Josephine Barkley (the wife of W. F.…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
When Mrs. Barkley appealed to this Court before, from the *401decree of the orphans’ court refusing to review the partition proceedings, and to set aside the decree awarding the purpart to her husband, we said : “We have not been persuaded that the court below erred in the disposition of this case. Mrs. Josephine Barkley, through the agency of her husband, was the actor in this partition; and that the purpart was awarded to him instead of to her matters little, seeing that her money was used to pay the owelty. She was in equity the owner of the land and could have compelled a…
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