Bennett v. Hayden
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Westmoreland County
No. 207, October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 465 August Term 1888, C. P. On July 27,1888, Rebecca J. Bennett, Annie R. Bennett, and others, brought ejectment against John R. Hayden and the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for a tract of one hundred and thirty-five acres in Hempfield township. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
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No. 207, October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 465 August Term 1888, C. P. On July 27,1888, Rebecca J. Bennett, Annie R. Bennett, and others, brought ejectment against John R. Hayden and the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for a tract of one hundred and thirty-five acres in Hempfield township. The defendants pleaded not guilty. At the trial, on February 20,1890, having shown that Israel Painter and George Bennett became the owners of the land in dispute on September 4, 1875; that George Bennett died on April 20, 1877, intestate, leaving a widow, Rebecca J. Bennett, and eight…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Passon :
We are unable to see the relevancy of the offer of the mortgage referred to in the first specification of error. It did not in any way affect the question of the validity of the sale of the lunatic’s real estate, which was the issue before the court below.
The second specification alleges that the court erred in refusing to allow an amendment of the record at No. 316 November Term 1876. A record can only be amended where there is something to amend by. This motion was to so amend the record as to show that notice of the sale of the real estate by the committee…
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