Ulp v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Mercer county. This was an ejectment by John Campbell, James Campbell, John Love, and Jane his wife, against Enoch Ulp and others, in which the plaintiffs sought to recover 75 of 200 acres of land, in Hickory township, Mercer county. The plaintiffs were the children of William Campbell.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Mercer county. This was an ejectment by John Campbell, James Campbell, John Love, and Jane his wife, against Enoch Ulp and others, in which the plaintiffs sought to recover 75 of 200 acres of land, in Hickory township, Mercer county. The plaintiffs were the children of William Campbell. They claimed under an alleged purchase of the land by William Campbell, who, shortly after the alleged purchase, moved on the land, and resided on it till his death. After the death of William Campbell his widow married Samuel McKay. _ ' _ The plaintiffs, in support of their claim,…
1Per curiam
A married woman was offered as a witness. It was not denied that she had an interest in the cause, but the defendant in error showed a release which' she had executed without being joined by her husband, and contended that since the Act of 1848 a feme covert may make a conveyance or release of her estate in lands by a separate deed. This question arose in Peck v. Ward, 6 Harris 506. It was held that a married woman’s estate can only be conveyed according to the Act of 1770; that the Act of 1848 makes no change in the mode of alienation, though it does in the nature of a wife’s estate, and *363that…
2Cited by1 opinion
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