Heiges v. Pifer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 49, Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Clearfield Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 86, on verdict for defendants in case of Daniel Heiges et al. v. Agnes J. Pifer et al. Ejectment for land in Dubois borough. Before A. O. Smith, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. • Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned was in submitting the case to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This was an action of ejectment brought by the heirs of a purchaser at a sheriff’s sale. The title to the land was in a married woman and the sale was under an execution on a judgment against her husband. The only question presented by the appeal is whether the court erred in not directing a verdict for the plaintiff because of the insufficiency of the testimony produced by the defendant to sustain her title. She was incompetent as a witness because of the death of parties in interest. In support of her title it was shown by testimony of which there was no direct contradiction that…
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