Miller v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Washington county. This was an action of trespass on the case, to August Term, 1849, by Margery Wilson v. Thomas Miller, to recover damages for bis failure to have entered of record a mortgage in her favor, executed by Adam Carson. The defendant dying after suit brought, tbe administrator of bis estate was substituted.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Washington county. This was an action of trespass on the case, to August Term, 1849, by Margery Wilson v. Thomas Miller, to recover damages for bis failure to have entered of record a mortgage in her favor, executed by Adam Carson. The defendant dying after suit brought, tbe administrator of bis estate was substituted. In 1838, tbe executor of tbe will of Charles Wilson sold to Rachel Worrell and Rebecca Wilson, daughters of tbe testator, a tract of land in Washington county, containing about 240 acres. Margery Wilson, the plaintiff, was also a daughter of Charles…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, December 18, by
Black, C. J.
Margery Wilson, the plaintiff below, had a claim against her two sisters, secured by judgments which were or had been a lien on lands owned by them. Adam Carson married one of the sisters, bought the other’s share of the land, and agreed to become responsible to the plaintiff for her debt. She consented to accept in satisfaction thereof his bond to provide for and main*120tain her during life, or to pay ber, if she preferred it, one hundred and fifty dollars per annum; and to make the bond secure, she was to have a mortgage on the…
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