Buchanan v. Corson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 161, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Indiana Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 262, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of D A. Buchanan v. William Corson et al. Case stated in ejectment for land in Montgomery township. Before Telford, P. J. From the record it appeared that on July 26, 1890, Mary E. Buchanan conveyed the land in question to her husband, David A. Buchanan, the plaintiff, by a deed in which she was named as the sole grantor.
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Appeal, No. 161, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Indiana Co., Dec. T., 1911, No. 262, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of D A. Buchanan v. William Corson et al. Case stated in ejectment for land in Montgomery township. Before Telford, P. J. From the record it appeared that on July 26, 1890, Mary E. Buchanan conveyed the land in question to her husband, David A. Buchanan, the plaintiff, by a deed in which she was named as the sole grantor. After Mrs. Buchanan’s death in June 9, 1901, her husband on September 15, 1903, contracted to sell certain of the land to William…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
It is agreed that for many years prior to July 26, 1890, Mary E. Buchanan was the owner in fee of a tract of land, of which the lot, the subject of this suit, was part. On the date named, she, then a married woman living with her husband, signed and acknowledged a deed purporting to convey her title directly to her husband. In that deed she was the sole grantor, he the sole grantee. In 1901 she died *560intestate, leaving her surviving, her husband and four children.
There can be no doubt that the deed mentioned was absolutely void. It conveyed nothing. It effected no change…
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