Carson v. New Bellevue Cemetery Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1883, No. 225. Ejectment, by Jolin Oafson and William McEadden against Tho New Bellevue Cemetery Company, for a tract of land known as “ out-lot No. 200, in the Beservo Tract opposite Pittsburgh,” in Allegheny county.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October Term 1883, No. 225. Ejectment, by Jolin Oafson and William McEadden against Tho New Bellevue Cemetery Company, for a tract of land known as “ out-lot No. 200, in the Beservo Tract opposite Pittsburgh,” in Allegheny county. The facts, about which there was no dispute, were fully set ont in tho formal bill of exceptions, sealed by the court, which was as follows: At the trial of this case the following facts were admitted : I. That the land in dispute is part of out-lot Ho. 200 in the Reserve Tract opposite Pittsburgh, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
This ejectment was brought to recover the possession of a ¡Dart of out-lot No. 200, in the reserve tract, opposite the city of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny. The facts from which the controversy arises are admitted on both sides, and .are fully set forth in the formal bill of exceptions, sealed in the court below.
At the time pf the execution of the deed to Harvey Boll-man, in the year 1854, Carson, the grantor, held in the lands in dispute an estate for life only as tenant by the curtesy; the fee was vested in the heirs at law of Nancy Carson, the deceased wife of the grantor. The…
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