Legal Opinion
Donaldson v. Ritenour
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1987No. Appeal, No. 57 T.D. 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Colins,
Harold and Laura Donaldson (appellants) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County which sustained preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer to the appellants’ complaint to quiet title and which dismissed the complaint without leave to amend.
Alvin and Myra Chanin and Harvey and Anna Porter (appellees) owned a one acre plot of land in which, *385by a recorded deed dated July 11, 1975, they conveyed a life estate to Robert Ritenour and, upon his death, to his daughter, Connie, until she reached the age of twenty-one, the property to then revert…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Smith v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- In Re Upset Sale, Tax Cl. Bureau of BerksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A. v. Lancaster County Tax Claim BureauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Miller Et Ux. v. DierkenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
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