Clay v. McCreanor
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 147, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1896, No. 509, in favor of defendant on case stated. Case stated in action of assumpsit sur ground rent deed. The following facts appear from the case stated : By sundry conveyances and devolutions William and Amelia Groeff became seized of certain premises. By duly executed and recorded deed, dated August 20, 1878, they conveyed the said premises in fee to Jacob Eckert.
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Appeal, No. 147, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1896, No. 509, in favor of defendant on case stated. Case stated in action of assumpsit sur ground rent deed. The following facts appear from the case stated : By sundry conveyances and devolutions William and Amelia Groeff became seized of certain premises. By duly executed and recorded deed, dated August 20, 1878, they conveyed the said premises in fee to Jacob Eckert. That deed contained the following acknowledgment and declaration of the existence of a certain ground rent: “Subject to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rige, P. J.,
This was an action to recover arrears of ground rent reserved in a deed from Alexander Osbourn to Patrick McCreanor executed on June 22, 1853. By deed executed August 20, 1878, and duly recorded, William and Amelia Groeff, who then owned the land, convej'-ed the same to Jacob Echert. The deed contained these clauses : “ Subject to the payment of an annual ground rent of thirty dollars, payable on the first days of April and October in every year forever. . . . To have and to hold *435. . . . under and subject, nevertheless, to the payment of the said annual ground rent of…
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