Jennings v. Bloomfield
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 25, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Forest Co., May T., 1899, No. 19, on verdict for defendant, in case of H. J. Jennings, .'Committee of J. B. Jennings, v. W. J. Bloomfield, E. Pequignot, A. J. Carnahan and M. S. Carnahan. Ejectment for land in Harmony township. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 25, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Forest Co., May T., 1899, No. 19, on verdict for defendant, in case of H. J. Jennings, .'Committee of J. B. Jennings, v. W. J. Bloomfield, E. Pequignot, A. J. Carnahan and M. S. Carnahan. Ejectment for land in Harmony township. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The plaintiff presented the following point: 8. Under all the evidence, the verdict of the juiy will be in favor of the plaintiff. Answer: Refused. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appealed. .Error assigned among others was answer…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice McCollum,
On June 15,1871, Edward Jones, who was the owner in fee of some forty-six acres of land in Harmony township, Forest county, granted and conveyed one half of all the oil and minerals in the tract to James B. Jennings. The deed to Jennings was not recorded until January 31,1899. Meanwhile, on November 5, 1876, Jones conveyed his entire interest in the tract to Sarah M. Frisbie, “subject however to certain leases, for oil *640and other -purposes given at different times by the aforesaid Edward Jones.” On June 29, 1881, Sarah M. Frisbie and her husband conveyed…
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