Bedford Lodge I. O. of O. F., No. 202 v. Lentz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 266, on case tried by the court without a jury. Ejectment for a lot of ground in Bedford. The case was tried by Bailey, P. J., of the 20th judicial district, specially presiding, without a jury.
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Appeal, No. 325, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bedford Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 266, on case tried by the court without a jury. Ejectment for a lot of ground in Bedford. The case was tried by Bailey, P. J., of the 20th judicial district, specially presiding, without a jury. The parties agreed upon the following facts : 1. The common source of title of the parties, plaintiff and defendants, is a deed from James Moore to Hiram Lentz and Mary Lentz, his wife, of the borough and county of Bedford, state of Pennsylvania, dated September , 1843. 2. The said Hiram Lentz and Mary…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
This case has not been free from difficulty on the authorities; but careful research and deliberate consideration have resulted in the conclusion that the judgment should be affirmed.
James Moore, the father of Mary Lentz, wife of Hiram Lentz, on September 10,1843, executed a deed to the husband and wife for parts of lots Nos. 148 and 149 in the borough of Bedford. The premises of the deed, beyond question, convey to the husband and wife a fee simple in the lots. And standing alone, it would be held that the husband and wife took the land by entireties. If this were…
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