Legal Opinion

Clough v. Welsh

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 3, 1911No. Appeal, No. 28PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal, No. 28, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Forest Co., Feb. T., 1908, No. 7, on verdict for plaintiff in case of L. S. Clough v. James C. Welsh. Ejectment for land in Howe township, Before Bouton, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1-32) various rulings on evidence and instructions.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Potteb,

This was an action of ejectment brought by L. S. Clough against James C. Welsh, to recover possession of a tract of some 1,100 acres of land in Howe township, Forest county, being Warrant No. 5282. Under binding instructions of the trial judge, the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and from the judgment entered thereon, the defendant has appealed. We do not think it necessary to take up in detail each of the thirty-two assignments of error which have been filed. In the abstract of title filed by plaintiff, and in the evidence offered by him on the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mencke v. RosenbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  2. Turner v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1854
  3. Clark v. TrindleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
  4. Shields v. MiltenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  5. Spragg v. ShriverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Knox v. NoggleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  2. Radnor Building & Loan Ass'n v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. McLanahan v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  4. Collins v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  5. Commercial Car Co. v. MurphySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

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