Warren v. Ulrich
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP ALLEG-HENY COUNTY. No. 129 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 668 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 1. ' On May 29,1888, a summons was served in an action of assumpsit brought by John Warren, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of George Warren, deceased, against John Ulrich. Issue.
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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT FROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OP ALLEG-HENY COUNTY. No. 129 October Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 668 June Term 1888, C. P. No. 1. ' On May 29,1888, a summons was served in an action of assumpsit brought by John Warren, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of George Warren, deceased, against John Ulrich. Issue. At the trial on March 14, 1889, it was shown that George Warren died in 1879. He was keeping a tavern at the time of his death, and after he died the tavern was kept by James Neely for three years; after Neely by Dale Kuhn for four years, and thenceforward…
1Per curiam
The evidence was undoubtedly weak to prove the ownership of this money. There was no positive proof bearing upon this question; but there was a chain of circumstances clearly proved, and not disputed, which render it extremely probable that the money in question had been buried, where it was found, by George Warren, the former owner or occupier of the property. Piad it been found while he remained upon the property, the case would have been much clearer; but it was not found until after his death, and after the premises had been occupied by other tenants for some years. Neither of them claim…
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