Smith v. Beales
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, March T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Adams Co., Aug. T., 1905, .No. 174, on verdict for defendants in case of John Smith etal. v. Cyrus G. Beales et al. Ejectment for land in the Borough of York Springs. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court gave binding instructions for defendant. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
Thomas D. Reed died on May 10, 1883. It is undisputed that the facts contained in the writing and affidavit through which the will of the decedent was admitted to probate are strictly true. They are as follows : “ County of Adams, ss.: Before me the subscriber, register of-wills in and for the county aforesaid, personally came Cyrus G. Beales, Boreas F. Reed and Jacob T. Myers, all of the borough of York Springs, Adams county, Penna., who being severally sworn do depose and say that they have been long and intimately acquainted with Thomas D. Reed, the above named…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Wall v. WallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- McCay v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Aurand v. WiltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1848
- Myers v. VanderbeltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877