Armor v. Cochrane
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county : No. 98, to October and November Term 1870. This was an action of ejectment by William Armor and others, children and heirs of Jane Armor, late Cochrane, deceased, against John Cochrane and others, brought January Í2th 1869, for an undivided eighth part of 270 acres of land. John Cochrane, the elder, died in 1816, leaving eight children, amongst whom were John, William and Jane.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county : No. 98, to October and November Term 1870. This was an action of ejectment by William Armor and others, children and heirs of Jane Armor, late Cochrane, deceased, against John Cochrane and others, brought January Í2th 1869, for an undivided eighth part of 270 acres of land. John Cochrane, the elder, died in 1816, leaving eight children, amongst whom were John, William and Jane. The decedent died seised of two tracts of land — one containing 187 acres; the other, 83 acres, being the premises in controversy. Jane Cochrane married John…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 3d 1871, by
Sharswood, J.
— This was a compulsory nonsuit entered in the court below, on ¡motion of the defendants, after the conclusion of the evidence of the plaintiffs. The question then is, whether the plaintiffs had made out a case which in any aspect entitled them to go to the jury ? No actual fraud was pretended. But it was maintained that as it appeared that William Cochrane, the administrator of John Cochrane, Sr., had become the purchaser at his own sale, made by the order of the Orphans’ Court, his title and that of his heirs were…
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