Legal Opinion

O'Hay v. Tormey

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 10, 1929No. Appeal 260PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This action of ejectment was instituted to recover possession of two vacant lots of ground in the Township of Palmer, Northampton County.

The defendant in her amended answer, plea and abstract admits a good legal title in the plaintiffs down to June 9, 1924, when the lots were sold to the defendant at a treasurer’s sale for unpaid taxes. The answer avers that the lots were sold by the plaintiffs to Anna Garren by agreement of sale in 1916, and that thereafter, in pursuance to the instructions and direction of the plaintiffs, the lots were assessed in her name; that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Simpson v. MeyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  2. City of Philadelphia v. RichardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
  3. Norris v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  4. Stark v. ShuppSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
  5. Kramer v. SlatterySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Beacom v. Robison Et Ux.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Babcock Lumber Co. v. FaustSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944

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