Huffman v. Huffman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP GREENE COUNTY. No. 116 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 123 January Term 1884, C. P. „ . This was an ejectment begun on December 12, 1883, by Benjamin Huffman and five others, his brothers and sisters, against Jacob J. Huffman, another brother, to recover the undivided six eighths of sixty-six acres ■ and fourteen perches of land in Washington township.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP GREENE COUNTY. No. 116 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 123 January Term 1884, C. P. „ . This was an ejectment begun on December 12, 1883, by Benjamin Huffman and five others, his brothers and sisters, against Jacob J. Huffman, another brother, to recover the undivided six eighths of sixty-six acres ■ and fourteen perches of land in Washington township. At the trial on January 22, 1887, it was shown that Nancy A. Huffman, the mother of the parties -to the suit, died in 1882, and John Huffman, their father, in 1883. It was found, and no…
1Opinion of the Court
*64Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson:
We are unable to see any error in the affirmance of the plaintiffs’ fourth point. The defendant claimed title to the land in controversy under a parol gift from his father and mother, by virtue of his possession and improvements in pursuance thereof, and also under the statute of limitations. The plaintiffs’ fourth point asked the court to instruct the jury that, “If Mrs. Huffman was the owner of the whole of the land in controversy any parol gift of it to the defendant by her, or by her and her husband, would be a nullity as to her, although the gift may have been…
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