Meanor v. M'Kowan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action of ejectment by William Meanor and Catherine his wife against Daniel M’Kowan, John Williams, and John Browski, for a tract of land. Jacob Haymaker married the daughter of Michael Rugh, and had by her issue three children.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. This was an action of ejectment by William Meanor and Catherine his wife against Daniel M’Kowan, John Williams, and John Browski, for a tract of land. Jacob Haymaker married the daughter of Michael Rugh, and had by her issue three children. The original title to the land in dispute had been in Michael Rugh, and by an arrangement between him and his son-in-law, the latter went into possession of the land and claimed it as his own. Mrs. Hay-maker afterwards died, and Jacob Haymaker married again and had children by his second wife. A controversy…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
— It is impossible to consider the agreement of the 25th of February 1818, as anything else than a final adjustment of the disputes between the grandfather and the son-in-law, on certain terms which both were interested in effecting; that is to say, that the whole property should be vested in the grandchildren. The release of a claim is a sufficient consideration for a compromise, and that there were claims by both these parties is abundantly proved. But it is said the agreement contains a condition which has not been performed, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Campbell v. ShrumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
- Hagerty's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835