Ott v. Duffy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 28, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 26, on verdict for defendants upon an issue awarded by tbe Orphans’ Court in partition proceedings in case of Elizabeth M. Ott, and Wesley Ott, her husband, Alice Connolly and Joseph Connolly, her husband; Delmas F. Duffy, Charles Lynn, and William Lynn, guardians of Mabel Lynn and Vinton Lynn-, v. Juniata Duffy and Jacob Duffy.
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Appeal, No. 28, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 26, on verdict for defendants upon an issue awarded by tbe Orphans’ Court in partition proceedings in case of Elizabeth M. Ott, and Wesley Ott, her husband, Alice Connolly and Joseph Connolly, her husband; Delmas F. Duffy, Charles Lynn, and William Lynn, guardians of Mabel Lynn and Vinton Lynn-, v. Juniata Duffy and Jacob Duffy. Issue to the Common Pleas to determine title to real estate in partition proceedings in the Orphans’ Court. Before Woods, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
John Duffy died intestate June 1, 1875, leaving to *213survive him a widow, Elizabeth Duffy, and a number of children. At the time of his death he held the legal title to two tracts of land situated in Springfield and Cromwell Townships, Huntingdon County. His widow died April 20, 1897. In September, 1907, proceedings were instituted by a granddaughter of John Duffy in the Orphans’ Court of the county for the partition of the said two tracts of land, the one containing two hundred afid sixty-three acres and the other nineteen acres. Juniata Duffy and Jacob Duffy, two…
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