Townsend v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 55, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Del. Co., June T., 1902, No. 137, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Joseph B. Townsend, Jr., and J. Barton Townsend, Executors of the last Will and Testament of Joseph B. Townsend, deceased, and Charles C. Townsend, substituted executor of said last Will in the place and stead of James P. Townsend, deceased, v. Matthew M. Boyd. Ejectment for land in Upper Chichester township.
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Appeal, No. 55, Jan. T., 1906, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Del. Co., June T., 1902, No. 137, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Joseph B. Townsend, Jr., and J. Barton Townsend, Executors of the last Will and Testament of Joseph B. Townsend, deceased, and Charles C. Townsend, substituted executor of said last Will in the place and stead of James P. Townsend, deceased, v. Matthew M. Boyd. Ejectment for land in Upper Chichester township. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the defendant presented the following points: 6. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
On November 16, 1892, Matthew Boyd gave a mortgage to Joseph B. Townsend to secure the sum of $13,000 upon a tract of 152 acres and a fraction, situate in Upper Chichester township, Delaware county. On March 30, 1894, a writ of scire facias was issued under this mortgage in the court of common pleas of Delaware county, judgment entered for want of an affidavit of defense, and the mortgaged premises sold under a levari facias to the executors of the mortgagee, and a sheriff’s deed made to them. Notice was given and proceedings instituted by the purchasers to obtain…
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