McLanahan v. Goodman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 29, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., Jan. T., 1918, No. 140, for defendants n. o. v. in case of M. H. McLanahan and J. King McLanahan, Executors of J. King McLanahan, deed., and J. B. Isett v. Samuel H. Goodman et al., Executors of L. S. Goodman, deceased. Ejectment for land in Catharine Township. Before Bailey, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 29, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., Jan. T., 1918, No. 140, for defendants n. o. v. in case of M. H. McLanahan and J. King McLanahan, Executors of J. King McLanahan, deed., and J. B. Isett v. Samuel H. Goodman et al., Executors of L. S. Goodman, deceased. Ejectment for land in Catharine Township. Before Bailey, P. J., specially presiding. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs, subsequently the court entered judgment for defendants n. o. v. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendants n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an action of ejectment. In 1846 Blair County was erected out of parts of Bedford and Huntingdon Counties; a section of its eastern boundary being along the crest of Tussey mountain, and extending westerly therefrom is a tract of 566 acres of land in Catharine Township, Blair County, which forms the subject of this suit. It is a part of a tract of 1,425 acres, the balance of which is, and all of which prior to 1846 was, in Hunting-don County, and constituted the Irwin, Copp, Cone and Dorsey tracts. In 1875 the title to the 1,425 acres became vested in…
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