Patchin v. Seward Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 83, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1906, No. 548, on verdict for defendants in case of Edward Patchin et al. v. Seward Coal Company, et al. Ejectment for land in St. Clair township. Before McConnell, J. At the trial it appeared that the land in dispute had been sold by A. D. Bates, committee in lunacy of George Patchin, in the latter’s lifetime to the predecessor in title of the defendant.
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Appeal, No. 83, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1906, No. 548, on verdict for defendants in case of Edward Patchin et al. v. Seward Coal Company, et al. Ejectment for land in St. Clair township. Before McConnell, J. At the trial it appeared that the land in dispute had been sold by A. D. Bates, committee in lunacy of George Patchin, in the latter’s lifetime to the predecessor in title of the defendant. George Patchin resided in Clearfield county, and his committee secured an order of court, directing the sale of land in Clearfield county, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an action of ejectment for the recovery of 106 acres of land in St. Clair township, Westmoreland county, brought by Edwin Patchin and others, who were heirs at law of George Patchin, deceased, against the Seward Coal Company. Upon the trial a verdict for the defendants was directed, and afterwards a motion for judgment non obstante veredicto was refused, and judgment was entered upon the verdict.
It appears that on November 26, 1897, George Patchin, a resident of Clearfield county, was declared a lunatic by an in*163quest held in that county. His son, Edwin…
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