Bank v. Poore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1906, No. 1,172 on verdict for plaintiff in case of Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Scranton v. Marion Poore et al. Ejectment for land in the thirteenth ward of the city of Scranton. Before O’Neill, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for the plaintiff by direction of the court. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 17, Jan. T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1906, No. 1,172 on verdict for plaintiff in case of Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Scranton v. Marion Poore et al. Ejectment for land in the thirteenth ward of the city of Scranton. Before O’Neill, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for the plaintiff by direction of the court. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in overruling a certain offer and striking out testimony introduced by the defense to impeach the judgment and sale thereunder.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff against Christina R. Lindsay to recover a piece of land in the city of Scranton. The defendant died in 1909 and her children were substituted as defendants.
Christina R. Lindsay, the wife of R. M. Lindsay, was the owner of the premises in dispute. On January 18, 1895, she and her husband and one William Richmond signed a promissory note containing a confession of judgment and waiving inquisition for the sum of $7,000, payable to the Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank, the plaintiff in this action. Judgment was…
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