Lewis v. Brewster
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county: No. 88, to January Term 1868. This was an action of ejectment, by Augustus Lewis against Davis D. Brewster, for 12 acres of land in Wyalusing township.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county: No. 88, to January Term 1868. This was an action of ejectment, by Augustus Lewis against Davis D. Brewster, for 12 acres of land in Wyalusing township. The writ was issued May 30th 1865, It appeared that the plaintiff obtained a judgment against the defendant on the 25th of August 1862 for $5111.57, under which the interest of the defendant in the land in question was. sold by the sheriff to the plaintiff, and a deed made to him September 8th 1864. On the 19th of March 1866, the defendant confessed judgment to the plaintiff in this…
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The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Read, J.
On the 15th of March 1858 Daniel Brewster and wife, by deed duly executed, acknowledged and delivered, conveyed the land in dispute to his daughter-in-law, Ann Brewster, wife of his son D. D. Brewster, in fee simple. The consideration named in the deed, $300, was merely nominal, the real consideration was natural love and affection for her and her children, his grandchildren.
The plaintiff had obtained a judgment before a justice of the peace against D. D. Brewster, for an old debt alleged to have been incurred as far back as August 1850, which…
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