Stephen's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county: Of May Term 1878, No. 64. In Equity. Bill in equity, filed by John Stephen and Louisa his wife, against Henry Emerick and Susanna his wife and Stephen Boltz, assignee of said Henry Emerick, to compel a re-conveyance to Mrs. Stephen of a certain farm which she and her husband had conveyed to said Henry Emerick.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county: Of May Term 1878, No. 64. In Equity. Bill in equity, filed by John Stephen and Louisa his wife, against Henry Emerick and Susanna his wife and Stephen Boltz, assignee of said Henry Emerick, to compel a re-conveyance to Mrs. Stephen of a certain farm which she and her husband had conveyed to said Henry Emerick. The bill alleged: 1. That Louisa Stephen, one of the plaintiffs, inherited from her father about ninety-two acres of land in Lebanon county, subject to a dower, during her mother’s lifetime, of $1334. 2. That on April 10th 1873,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This bill was filed to compel a reconveyance to Mrs. Stephen of a certain farm which she and her husband.had conveyed to the appellee Emerick. The conveyance had been made on an exchange of lands between the parties. On the farm conveyed by the appellant was charged a right of dower, amounting to $1334. On a large body of lands of which the mill property, conveyed by Emerick to Mrs. Stephen, formed a part, he had previously given to one Long a mortgage for $4100. In the exchange the appellants were to either give Long a mortgage for the $1334 or pay him that sum, so as to secure Emerick…
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