Rollo v. Bell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 80, Oct. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1916, No. 55, on verdict for defendant in case of Margaret Rollo, widow of Charles A. Rollo, deceased, and John M. Sykes and Robert F. Glenn, executors of last will and testament of Charles A. Rollo, deceased, v. Mazie E. Bell. Ejectment for land in the City of Franklin. Before Criswell, P. J. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 80, Oct. T., 1919, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Aug. T., 1916, No. 55, on verdict for defendant in case of Margaret Rollo, widow of Charles A. Rollo, deceased, and John M. Sykes and Robert F. Glenn, executors of last will and testament of Charles A. Rollo, deceased, v. Mazie E. Bell. Ejectment for land in the City of Franklin. Before Criswell, P. J. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
Both parties to this issue claim title to the land in dispute from Ella E. Bollo, deceased. She died seized of it April 1, 1905, intestate and without issue. Her husband, Charles A. Bollo, survived her and died May 20, 1916. Mazie E. Bell, the appellee, formerly Hines, and now the wife of W. S. Bell, claims title by descent from Ella E. Bollo, as her sole heir, under a decree of the court below of March 25, 1889, by which she alleges she became the adopted child of Mrs. Bollo and her husband. Shortly after the death of his wife, the husband acquired a deed…
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