Dornick v. Reichenback
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court for the city and county of Lancaster. Ejectment by Edward Graff Reichenbach against Elizabeth Eornich and others, for a lot of ground and three houses in the city of Lancaster, anda tract of 31 acres in the county of Lancaster.
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Error to the District Court for the city and county of Lancaster. Ejectment by Edward Graff Reichenbach against Elizabeth Eornich and others, for a lot of ground and three houses in the city of Lancaster, anda tract of 31 acres in the county of Lancaster. A verdict and judgment were rendered against the defendants, (now the plaintiffs in error,) in the court below, and the case came up on several bills of exceptions to evidence, and to the charge of the court, taken by the defendants. The plaintiff below claimed under the last will of William Graff, deceased, by which the premises were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, J.
In actions of ejectment, the practice of receiving the probate of a will as prima facie evidence, has obtained in this state, time out of mind; and has beside received the sanction of this court in Logan v. Watts, 5 Serg. & Rawle, 212.
The defendant, having read the supposed will, offered in evidence the deposition of William Reichenback, a devisee under whom he claims. The deed from the witness, contains no covenant of general warranty; but the deposition was objected to because, as was alleged, the witness being too poor to carry on the…
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