Legal Opinion
Walker v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 29, 1894No. Appeal, No. 228PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal, No. 228, Oct. T., 1894, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 62, for defendants, non obstante veredicto. Ejectment. Before Greer, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict for plaintiff. The court subseqúently entered judgment non obstante veredicto for defendants. Error assigned was entry of judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Cbiee Justice Steebett,
Both parties claim under Hugh Gibson who died seized of the land in controversy in 1870, having first made his last will wherein he devised the same as follows :
“ I give and bequeath to my son W. H. Gibson one hundred and fifty acres of land on which he now resides, during his natural life, and if Elizabeth, his wife, survives him, she is to be maintained out of the products of said land so long as she remains his widow; and it is my will that, at the decease of my son, Wm. H., that the above described land be the property of my grandson, Addison B.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Craven v. BleakneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Brotzman v. RiehlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Pierce v. LivingstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
3Cited by2 opinions
- Wingett v. BellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Norris' PetitionPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Jefferson County · 1942