Greenlee v. Greenlee
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the, Common Pleas of Crawford county. This was an ejectment by Robert Greenlee against Rebecca Greenlee, for 75 acres of land in Crawford county.
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Error, to the, Common Pleas of Crawford county. This was an ejectment by Robert Greenlee against Rebecca Greenlee, for 75 acres of land in Crawford county. The plaintiff claimed the legal title under a conveyance from E. Huidekoper in 1849, in pursuance of a contract made in May, 1842. The defendant, Rebecca Greenlee, widow of Michael Greenlee, deceased, claimed to retain the possession under an alleged parol ¡Contract made by her husband with his father, the said Robert Greenlee. The defendant had two children, who were minors, for whom the title was claimed. The defendant was married in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
It is conceded that the legal title to the land in controversy was in the plaintiff, but the defendant claimed that it belonged to her and her children, by virtue of a parol purchase made of the plaintiff by her husband, Michael Greenlee, in his lifetime, and that such equities had accrued from his payment of money, possession taken, and improvements made, as would induce a chancellor to decree specific performance of the contract, notwithstanding the statute of frauds and perjuries. The first thing necessary to such a defence was clear and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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