Wettach v. Horn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 86, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 93, non obstante veredicto in case of Everillah Wettach et al. v. Laura A. Horn et al. Ejectment for a tract of land in West Bethlehem township. McIlvain, P. J., filed the following opinion: James Taylor, on June 20, 1836, was found to be a lunatic without lucid intervals.
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Appeal, No. 86, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Washington Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 93, non obstante veredicto in case of Everillah Wettach et al. v. Laura A. Horn et al. Ejectment for a tract of land in West Bethlehem township. McIlvain, P. J., filed the following opinion: James Taylor, on June 20, 1836, was found to be a lunatic without lucid intervals. He died leaving a will, which was duly probated before the register of wills of this county on February 1, 1896. In that will he devised to Margaret Ann Nichols the residuum of his estate, which included the tract of land…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam,
The plaintiffs in this suit brought an action of ejectment to recover a tract of land situate in West Bethlehem township, Washington county, Pa., containing 106 acres. Their contention was that the land they sought to recover possession of was their property which they alleged the defendants had no just claim or title to. A jury was called and qualified on January 23, 1901, which on January 25, 1901, rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for the land described in the writ, subject, however, to the questions of law reserved. The questions reserved were argued before Judges…
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