Legal Opinion

Witherow v. Vlachos

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1960No. Appeals, Nos. 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, and 98PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

These are appeals from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County which sustained the granting of a nonsuit.

The plaintiffs [appellants] filed a complaint in equity to reform a deed given by their deceased grandfather in his lifetime. They allege a gross misdescription of the land conveyed because of a mutual mistake. The chancellor, after hearing testimony of the plaintiffs’ witnesses and the offers of counsel, entered a non-suit. Exceptions were taken to this ruling. The court en banc, one judge dissenting, dismissed the exceptions and sustained the grant…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Uniontown Savings & Loan Co. v. Alicia Land Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Lenheim v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1913

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. MacKubbin v. Rosedale Memorial Park, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969

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