DuFour v. Bubb
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 262, Jan. T., 1900, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Deo. T., 1898, No. 268, on trial by court without a jury in the case of Mary H. DuFour and William M. DuFour v. N. B. Bubb and Fred M. Allen. Ejectment for a house and lot in Williamsport.
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Appeal, No. 262, Jan. T., 1900, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Deo. T., 1898, No. 268, on trial by court without a jury in the case of Mary H. DuFour and William M. DuFour v. N. B. Bubb and Fred M. Allen. Ejectment for a house and lot in Williamsport. The case was tried without a jury by Metzgeb, P. J., who filed the following opinion: This is an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiffs to recover a lot of land in the possession of the defendants, situate in the fifth ward of the city of Williamsport, county of Lycoming and state of Pennsylvania, bounded on the north…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
The learned president judge of the court below, Judge Metzger, has, in Iris opinion, clearly and concisely found and stated all the facts of this case. The important question in the case requires a construction of the will of Mahlon Fisher, deceased, and a determination of what estate or interest thereunder his daughter, Mary H. DuFour and her husband, W. M. DuFour, took in the real estate embraced in this action. Judge Metzger held that Mrs. DuFour took an equitable life estate in the premises in dispute. He has supported his conclusions by a convincing…
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