Meade v. Clarke
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 219, Oct. T., 1893, by defendants, William Clark et al., from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., .1892, No. 495, on verdict for plaintiff, K. T. Meade. Ejectment. Before Ewing, P. J. At the trial it appeared that, on June 10, 1891, Mrs. Harriet E. Oates, a married woman, executed and delivered a deed for the land in question to Albert Davies. Her husband joined in the deed, and the purchase money, which was fair in amount, was paid to Mrs. Oates.
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Appeal, No. 219, Oct. T., 1893, by defendants, William Clark et al., from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Oct. T., .1892, No. 495, on verdict for plaintiff, K. T. Meade. Ejectment. Before Ewing, P. J. At the trial it appeared that, on June 10, 1891, Mrs. Harriet E. Oates, a married woman, executed and delivered a deed for the land in question to Albert Davies. Her husband joined in the deed, and the purchase money, which was fair in amount, was paid to Mrs. Oates. The deed was not acknowledged at the time, but on Jan. 4, 1892, it was acknowledged by both husband and wife, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
Buies of court are devised and enforced by the courts to facilitate the administration of justice. This is accomplished by requiring the parties litigant to disclose to each other the nature of their demand or defence, and narrowing the range of inquiry to questions that are subjects of actual controversy. Their enforcement should not be insisted on when such a course will defeat the purposes they are intended to serve. For this reason it is usual to allow an omission made in the preparation of an abstract or a notice of special matter to be supplied by…
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- Glidden v. StruplerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Appeal of GrimSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884
- Freiler v. KearSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Kirk v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
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- Simon's EstateSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902