Alden v. Grove
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of York county. This was an ejectment brought on 6th August, 1844, to November Term, 1844, in the Common Pleas of York county, by heirs of Thomas B. Coleman, deceased, in which B. R. Alden and Ann his wife, Margaret and Sarah Coleman, William and Robert Coleman, heirs of Thomas B. Coleman, deceased, and John Reynolds their guardian, were plaintiffs, and Thomas Grove was defendant, for a tract of land in Lower Chaneeford township, York county,…
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of York county. This was an ejectment brought on 6th August, 1844, to November Term, 1844, in the Common Pleas of York county, by heirs of Thomas B. Coleman, deceased, in which B. R. Alden and Ann his wife, Margaret and Sarah Coleman, William and Robert Coleman, heirs of Thomas B. Coleman, deceased, and John Reynolds their guardian, were plaintiffs, and Thomas Grove was defendant, for a tract of land in Lower Chaneeford township, York county, containing 40 acres more or less, adjoining other lands of plaintiffs and lands of the defendant. It was tried in March, 1851,…
1Opinion of the Court
The ppinion of the Court was delivered, by
Woodward, J.
This was an action of ejectment by the heirs and legal representatives of Thomas B. Coleman, deceased.
By proceedings in partition in the Orphans’ Court of Lebanon county under a special Act of Assembly, the title on which the plaintiffs relied had become vested, pending the action, in Robert Coleman, one of the heirs on record as a plaintiff, and he after-wards conveyed the undivided half of the premises to William Coleman, who was also a plaintiff on record.
On the trial of the cause in the Court below, the defendant offered in evidence,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kunkle v. WolfersbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1837
- Blackmore v. GreggSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Reed v. DickeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1832
- Gordon v. Lessee of MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1812
3Cited by1 opinion
- Stark Et Ux. v. Lardin, Exr.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938