Rice v. Ruckle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 321, Jan. T., 1909, by defendants, from decree of C. P. Columbia Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 2, on bill in equity in case of B. Frank Rice v. Harvey Ruckle et al., Executors of Wesley Ruckle, deceased. Bill in. equity for production of deeds, for an account and joint title. Before Evans, J. The case is stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The results secured by the decree entered in the court below are broad and sweeping. The bill averred title to four parcels of land to be in appellee who had purchased the right, title, interest and claim of Wesley Ruckle, deceased, in and to the lands in question at sheriff’s sale. Wesley Ruckle had no paper title to these lands in his lifetime, nor had any proceedings been instituted either before or after his death to perfect his titles, or to show that he or his estate had any interest in them. Some years after his death the appellee purchased some judgments of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- North Shore Railroad v. Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Lazarus v. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
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