McLaughlin v. Fulton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ebbob to the Court of. Common Pleas of Westmoreland coimty : Of October and November Term 1883, No. 35. Ejectment, by Rachel Fulton against William and Lawrence McLaughlin to recover a certain farm or tract of land in Washington township, Westmoreland county.
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Ebbob to the Court of. Common Pleas of Westmoreland coimty : Of October and November Term 1883, No. 35. Ejectment, by Rachel Fulton against William and Lawrence McLaughlin to recover a certain farm or tract of land in Washington township, Westmoreland county. On the trial, before Hpntek, P. J., both parties claimed title through one John Dunn, who had conveyed the land in ■question on March 28th 1872, to William A. Fnlton, the consideration recited in the deed, which was recorded May 7th 1872, being $3,150. On behalf of the plaintiff it was alleged that most of the money paid by William A.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
On the 28th day of March 1872, John Dunn conveyed the title to the lands in controversy to William A. Fulton ; the consideration of the purchase as expressed in the deed being $3,150.
Eleanor Fulton, the mother of William, in her lifetime claimed that the purchase was in part made with her money, and that her son held the title to that extent in trust for her. She died in January 1880, having first made a last will and testament, wherein she devised all her estate, real and personal, to Rachel Fulton, the plaintiff below.
William A. Fulton, having taken the title in his own name, entered it on…
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