Seely v. Seely
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Tioga county. This Avas an action of ejectment, brought by Eleazar Seely, Charles Seely, Orael Kilburn, Avife of John M. Kilburn, and Joanna Mead, wife of George A. Mead, against Henry Seely, Chloe Seely, and Levi Scott, for a lot of land in Deerfield toAvnship, Tioga county, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court: “ Julius Seely Avas the owner of two pieces of land situated in Deerfield township, Tioga countyone…
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Tioga county. This Avas an action of ejectment, brought by Eleazar Seely, Charles Seely, Orael Kilburn, Avife of John M. Kilburn, and Joanna Mead, wife of George A. Mead, against Henry Seely, Chloe Seely, and Levi Scott, for a lot of land in Deerfield toAvnship, Tioga county, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court: “ Julius Seely Avas the owner of two pieces of land situated in Deerfield township, Tioga countyone lying on the north side of the road from Knoxville to Elkland, containing about seventy acres, and bounded on the north by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
The will of Julius Seely, deceased, gave to his daughters, Chloe and Caroline, the land, an undivided interest in which, is in controversy in this suit, “ to have and to hold the same, and all the profits thereof, during their natural lives, and after their decease to their heirs (if any they have), and if they die without heirs, then the above land shall fall to my heirs.”
This was held by the learned judge of the court below to be a joint tenancy in the devisees, and that the share of Caroline, on her decease, survived to her sister…
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