Poundstone v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 158, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1889, on verdict for defendant. Ejectment for a lot of ground in the borough of Bridgeport.
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Appeal, No. 158, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1889, on verdict for defendant. Ejectment for a lot of ground in the borough of Bridgeport. Before Reppebt, J. At the trial, the court under objection and exception admitted the testimony of defendant as delivered by her on a former trial of the case. [1] For the purpose of showing that defendant had a separate estate, the court admitted under objection and exception evidence that she had received life insurance money on a policy on the life of her husband, part of which she had testified that she had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The notes of the testimony of the defendant taken at a former trial were offered on the ground that she had become incompetent to testify by reason of the death of the original plaintiff in the action, and they were objected to on the ground that she was not a competent witness at the former trial. The question raised by tbe offer and the objection was whether tlie defendant in tlie trial of an action of ejectment brought by tbe purchaser at sheriff’s sale under a judgment against tlie husband who was then deceased was a competent witness in support of her title.…
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