Williams v. Row
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May 10th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Absent, Read, J. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: No. 35, to May Term 1869. This was an action of ejectment by Peter M. Row and others, heirs of John Row, deceased, against H. H. Williams and others, for a lot of land in the borough of New Cumberland.
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May 10th 1869. Before Thompson, C. J., Agnew, Sharswood and Williams, JJ. Absent, Read, J. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county: No. 35, to May Term 1869. This was an action of ejectment by Peter M. Row and others, heirs of John Row, deceased, against H. H. Williams and others, for a lot of land in the borough of New Cumberland. The writ issued to November Term 1867. On the trial, before Graham, P. J., the plaintiffs gave in evidence a deed for the lot in dispute from James Feeman, a former owner of the lot, to John Row, under whom they claimed as their ancestor. They also…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Thompson, C. J.
The material question on this record is whether the court below erred in holding the order dismissing the bill in equity filed by the defendants below against Peter M. Row, the ancestor of the plaintiffs, and ordering theni to pay the costs, as conclusive between the same parties and their legal representatives in this suit. Holding it to be so, the learned judge below overruled the defendants’ offer of testimony, which was very natural, on their theory of the matter in dispute.
The bill in equity filed by the defendants below and…
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