Smith v. Danielson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 32, April T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 570, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of Joseph Smith, administrator of the estate of Amanda Vance, deceased, v. Charles Danielson’s Executors. Assumpsit to recover a charge on land. Before McConnell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 32, April T., 1910, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1907, No. 570, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of Joseph Smith, administrator of the estate of Amanda Vance, deceased, v. Charles Danielson’s Executors. Assumpsit to recover a charge on land. Before McConnell, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. At the trial'the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $773.08, but the court subsequently entered judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto. Error assigned was in entering judgment for…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
David Forsythe died intestate and seized of a tract of land, containing thirteen acres and forty-five perches, in Westmoreland county. Alfred Vance acquired title from the heirs of the deceased to six-sevenths of this tract, subject to the right of dower of the widow of deceased. Proceedings in partition were had in the orphans’ court of Westmoreland county, and the land was allotted to Alfred Vance at the valuation thereof by the inquest, in November, 1868. The estate of Rebecca Forsythe, the widow of the decedent, in this land, was in this proceeding determined to be…
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- May's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Pidcock ex rel. Closson v. ByeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1831
- De Haven v. BartholomewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Carrow v. HeadleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Colenburg v. VenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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