Reimer v. Reimer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of G. P. Westmoreland Co., May Term, 1898, No. 538, for plaintiffs on case stated. Case stated to determine the marketable title to real estate. Before Doty, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiffs on the case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
The question presented by the case stated is whether the plaintiffs have a title in fee simple to the land described in the article of agreement, or only a life estate therein. If they have a title in fee simple the judgment entered by the court below must be sustained, and if they have but a life estate it must be reversed. The parts of the will which relate to the contention in this case are as follows : “ Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter, Sarah Reimer, the double frame house and lots on the northwestern corner of Carver and Park Ave. Also one third of…
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