Reed v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was an action of dower brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, by Elisabeth Reed against James Morrison. Plea ne unques seisie, &c.
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IN ERROR. This was an action of dower brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, by Elisabeth Reed against James Morrison. Plea ne unques seisie, &c. From evidence given on the trial in the court below, so far as it could be collected from the bill of exceptions which was returned with the record, it appeared that John Penn and John Penn, jr., being seized in fee of a tract of land, comprehending the premises of which dower was demanded, on the 27th of March, 1794, conveyed the same, by their attorney, to A. C. Reed, the husband of the demandant. On the 30th of December, 1803,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
The question raised on this record, is, whether Ft. C. Reed, the husband of the demandant, was seized, possessed, or had such title to the premises, as to give to her a right of dower ? The court charged the jury that the husband was not so’ seized.
John Penn and John Penn, jr., being seized in fee, conveyed by their attorney, on the 27th of March, 1794, a tract of land, comprehending the lot in. dispute, to A. C. Reed in fee; and, to secure the purchase money, or part of it, Reed on the same day, mortgaged it to them. The demandant was the…
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