Legal Opinion

Godding v. Swanson

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County

Decided December 28, 1950No. 80Published

1Opinion of the Court

Wade, P. J.,

George Godding and Anna M. Godding brought this action in ejectment against John Albin Swanson and Esther E. Swanson, claiming that defendants were wrongfully in possession of a tract of eight acres of land in Cherry Grove Township, Warren County, Pa. Plaintiffs began their abstract of title with the will of Anna Deshner Hacka-thorne, dated April 13, 1935, probated December 3, 1935, which left, inter alia, a larger tract of land which included the disputed tract to her husband, James Edward Hackathorne, for life with the remainder to her children. The life tenant died, and the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Withers v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
  2. Rifener v. BowmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  3. Godding Et Ux. v. SwansonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

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