Legal Opinion

King v. Grannis

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 20, 1905No. Appeal, No. 107PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, No. 107, April T., 1905, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., Deo. T., 1902, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Blanche S. King v. Myra Grannis, Lewis H. Grannis and H. J. Muse. Ejectment for land in Corydon Township. Before Lindsey, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appealed.

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Appeal, No. 107, April T., 1905, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., Deo. T., 1902, No. 13, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Blanche S. King v. Myra Grannis, Lewis H. Grannis and H. J. Muse. Ejectment for land in Corydon Township. Before Lindsey, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appealed. Errors assigned were (1) refusing to quash the writ; (2-4) admission of various offers of evidence tending to sbow fraud; (5, 6) answers to points quoted in the opinion of the Superior Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Oklady, J.,

This action of ejectment was brought September 26,1902, by Blanche S. King against Myra Grannis and Lewis H. Grannis. The writ alleged them to be in the actual possession of the premises, and they were duly served by the sheriff. Four months afterwards the defendants by H. J. Muse, their attorney, obtained a rule to show cause why the’service of the summons should not be set aside for the reason that the plaintiff had not filed with her prsecipe an affidavit setting forth who were the claimants of the premises, as required by the tenth clause of section 1, of the Act of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Waterhouse v. WaterhouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  2. Jackson v. SummervilleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
  3. Kaine v. WeigleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1853
  4. Shibler v. HartleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  5. Philadelphia v. AdamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Johnson County Savings Bank v. KochSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  2. Sitler v. P. O. S. of A. Hall Ass'n, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Columbia County1923
  3. Zombory v. Henry, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Westmoreland County1945

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