Boyer v. Weimer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1901, No. 90, on verdict for defendant, in case of Harry Boyer v. S. A. Weimer and A. L. Keagy. Ejectment for a lot of ground in the city of Johnstown. Before O’Connor, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the title to the land in controversy was originally in Annie D. Keck. On January 21,1895, Mrs. Keck and her husband conveyed the land to Savilla Allison.
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Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1901, No. 90, on verdict for defendant, in case of Harry Boyer v. S. A. Weimer and A. L. Keagy. Ejectment for a lot of ground in the city of Johnstown. Before O’Connor, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the title to the land in controversy was originally in Annie D. Keck. On January 21,1895, Mrs. Keck and her husband conveyed the land to Savilla Allison. On November 29, 1900, Savilla Allison conveyed the land to the plaintiff, Harry Boyer. Both conveyances were by deeds of general warranty. On…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Justice Fell,
Apparently there was much merit in the defense, but the case was submitted to the jury on grounds that are untenable. The real estate for which ejectment was brought was conveyed in January, 1895, by Annie D. Keck to Savilla Allison, who in March, 1900, conveyed it to Henry Boyer, the plaintiff. In December, 1895, more than eleven months after Mrs. Keck had parted with her title, a judgment was obtained against her, and in September, 1897, the real estate was sold by the sheriff, under proceedings under the judgment, as her property. The defendant was the purchaser…
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