Doe v. Roe
Superior Court of Delaware
Ejectment by John Doe, on the demise of Alphonzo Hazzard, against Richard Roe, casual ejector, and David H. Hazzard, tenant in possession. Judgment for defendant. For s. c.
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Ejectment by John Doe, on the demise of Alphonzo Hazzard, against Richard Roe, casual ejector, and David H. Hazzard, tenant in possession. Judgment for defendant. For s. c. Supreme Court, see 6 Boyce—, 97 Atl. 233. Action of Ejectment (No. 22, October Term, 1914) argued upon a case stated, the facts of which are stated in the opinion; the question submitted to the court for determination being, whether or not land sold and conveyed by a sheriff, in this state, upon execution process issued upon a judgment against a tenant in tail of the land, conveys to the grantee in the sheriff’s deed, an…
1Opinion of the Court
Heisel, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
The facts agreed upon are substantially as follows:
That Alphonzo Hazzard, Sr., by his last will and testament and the codicil thereto, devised to his son, Ira D. Hazzard an *503estate tail in the land in question, with remainder over, in the event of the failure of “lawful issue begotten by his own body,” to his other son, Alphonzo Hazzard, Jr., the plaintiff in this action. That on the twenty-third day of July, A, D. 1892, one Ralph Hazzard caused judgment to be entered against the said Ira D. Hazzard in this court.
That on the twentieth of February,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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