Williamson v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 263, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1900, No. 742, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of C. H. Williamson v. M. H. Carpenter. Ejectment fora lot of ground in Scranton. Before Kelly, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 263, Jan. T., 1902, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1900, No. 742, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of C. H. Williamson v. M. H. Carpenter. Ejectment fora lot of ground in Scranton. Before Kelly, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in striking out the evidence offered by the defendant for the purpose of proving a mistake in the deeds.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
John Koch, deceased, was the owner of two lots, Nos. 57 and 58, on east side of Hyde Park avenue in city of Scranton. He had two sons, Henry George Koch and Henry F. Koch. The two lots adjoin; each in the regular plan fronts sixty-six feet on the avenue. The father desired to convey these two lots to his sons but not by an equal division of the land ; so on same day, October 24, 1874, he delivered to each son a deed, one to Henry George for lot No. 57 and twenty-five feet additional, and one to Henry F. for forty-one feet front of lot No. 58 on Hyde Park avenue. Both deeds were…
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