Milnes v. VanGilder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 56, Jan. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 143, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of William B. Milnes, Victoria Reay, formerly Victoria Milnes, John Milnes, Isabella Snyder, formerly Isabella Milnes, Martha Bittenbender, formerly Martha Milnes, George W. Milnes, Lillian Milnes, Thomas B, Milnes and Susanna Milnes v. Samuel G. VanGilder and Mary A. Van Gilder, whose death was suggested, and Harry A. VanGilder, the…
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Appeal, No. 56, Jan. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 143, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of William B. Milnes, Victoria Reay, formerly Victoria Milnes, John Milnes, Isabella Snyder, formerly Isabella Milnes, Martha Bittenbender, formerly Martha Milnes, George W. Milnes, Lillian Milnes, Thomas B, Milnes and Susanna Milnes v. Samuel G. VanGilder and Mary A. Van Gilder, whose death was suggested, and Harry A. VanGilder, the next in interest substituted. Ejectment for a house and lot of land in Williamsport. The facts appear by the opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bbown,
The facts in this case can be very briefly stated. Mary A. VanGilder, the owner in her own right of the premises in dispute, as devisee of her father, Allan Harvey, conveyed the same, by a deed of general warranty, on July 30, 1870, to William Milnes, the ancestor of the appellees, but did not deliver possession to him. On September 9, 1871, Milnes conveyed them to John R. Hazelet, who, on October 4, 1871, served written notice on Mary A. VanGilder and Samuel G. VanGilder, her husband, that he had purchased the property and demanded possession, which was refused.…
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