Griggs v. Vermilya
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, July T., 1891, by defendants, terre tenants, Lovina Vermilya, et al., from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., June T., 1888, No. 57, on verdict for plaintiff. Sci. fa. sur mortgage. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 47, July T., 1891, by defendants, terre tenants, Lovina Vermilya, et al., from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., June T., 1888, No. 57, on verdict for plaintiff. Sci. fa. sur mortgage. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. On the trial, before Notes, P. J., defendant offered to show by Lovina Vermilya where she resided previous to her purchase of the property described in this mortgage; that in 1874 or 1875 the witness purchased this property described in the mortgage from Mark E. Vermilya, went into possession of it, and has continued to keep the actual, continued,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
• The sole question in this case is whether the appellant is a competent witness to testify to matters pertinent to the issue and occurring in the lifetime of her son Mark E. Vermilya, the mortgagor. In considering it regard must be had to her position as a claimant of the land included in the mortgage. This land was conveyed by the appellant and her husband to their son Mark on the 21st day of February, 1873, and the deed therefor was duly recorded two days thereafter. On the 12th of May, 1882, Mark mortgaged it to Griggs, the appellee, for $2,200 and the…
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