Kreamer v. Voneida
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Centre Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 96, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of J. L. Kreamer v. William Voneida, William Close and William Fees. Ejectment for land in Haines township. Before Love, P. J. At the trial plaintiff testified that he purchased the land from the executor of Henry Hess after the death of Henry Hess’s widow.
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Appeal, No. 22, Oct. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Centre Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 96, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of J. L. Kreamer v. William Voneida, William Close and William Fees. Ejectment for land in Haines township. Before Love, P. J. At the trial plaintiff testified that he purchased the land from the executor of Henry Hess after the death of Henry Hess’s widow. Counsel for plaintiff offered in evidence deed dated April 28, 1880, Samuel Kreamer, executor of Henry Hess, of the one part, and John L. Kreamer, of the other part, recorded in deed book D, No. 2, page…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
Two principal questions are brought up by the present appeal : One, does the sheriff’s return of service as to William Voneida, one of the defendants, and his appearance and plea raise a presumption that he was in possession of the land described in the writ; and two, was the patent to Aaron Levy dated August 12, 1796, available to the defendant as an outstanding title.
The sheriff’s return to the writ of ejectment shows that the land was unoccupied; that the defendant Voneida did not reside in the county, and that he had no known agent or person having the charge or…
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