Perry v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of JSrie county.. • Ejectment by John W. Scott, against Almon Perry, Abner Scott and Mrs. H. A. Scott, for a tract of ninety-one acres in Erie county, late the estate of John Scott, deceased, under whom both parties claim.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of JSrie county.. • Ejectment by John W. Scott, against Almon Perry, Abner Scott and Mrs. H. A. Scott, for a tract of ninety-one acres in Erie county, late the estate of John Scott, deceased, under whom both parties claim. The plaintiff below claimed under an “ indenture,” dated November 22d 1849, by which John Scott, “in consideration of the sum of natural love and affection which he, the said John Scott, hath and beareth unto the said John W. Scott, as also that the said John W. Scott hath this day agreed to live with the said John Scott, and labour for and assist…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Woodward, C. J.
This cause was so tried in the court below that the questions of law which grew naturally out of the facts *123were not brought upon the record, and are not, therefore, to be decided, though they were somewhat discussed in the argument.
The action was ejectment by John W. Scott to recover from his brother Abner, and the others in possession, the homestead of their deceased father, John Scott. John W. Scott claimed under an instrument of writing in the nature of a deed, which his father made to him on the 22d of November 1849. This instrument…
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