Dickson v. McGraw Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 283, Oct. T., 1891, by plaintiffs, Samuel Dickson and wife, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June- T., 1890, No. 800, on verdict for defendants, McGraw Bros. Ejectment. The facts appear by the opinion of the court. Plaintiff offered to prove by Candis M. Dickson and Henry Dickson, her husband, that the sheriff’s sale under which defendants claimed title was fraudulent. Objected to and excluded. [1, 6] Verdict for defendant and judgment.
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Appeal, No. 283, Oct. T., 1891, by plaintiffs, Samuel Dickson and wife, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June- T., 1890, No. 800, on verdict for defendants, McGraw Bros. Ejectment. The facts appear by the opinion of the court. Plaintiff offered to prove by Candis M. Dickson and Henry Dickson, her husband, that the sheriff’s sale under which defendants claimed title was fraudulent. Objected to and excluded. [1, 6] Verdict for defendant and judgment. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were, among others, (1, 6) rulings on evidence, quoting bills of exception; (2-5) excluding…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Stebrbtt,
In 1888, the leasehold in controversy, then owned by Mrs. Candis M. Dickson, wife of Henry Dickson, was levied and sold by the sheriff to John A. McGraw, who, in 1889, for the consideration of $ 1.00, sold and assigned the same to his mother by whom the defendants were put in possession. In 1890, the same leasehold was again sold by the sheriff on a judgment against Mrs. Candis M. Dickson and purchased by Mary E. Dickson, who with her husband afterwards brought this action of ejectment, alleging that the first sheriff’s sale was fraudulent and void as to the…
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