Crothers v. Crothers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 90, Oct. T., 1891, by plaintiff, William B. Crothers, from judgment of O. P. Washington Go., Aug. T., 1890, No. 107, on verdict for defendant, Leman M. Crothers. Ejectment.
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Appeal, No. 90, Oct. T., 1891, by plaintiff, William B. Crothers, from judgment of O. P. Washington Go., Aug. T., 1890, No. 107, on verdict for defendant, Leman M. Crothers. Ejectment. At the trial before McIlvaine, P. J., the evidence showed that the deed under which defendant claimed was dated January 22, 1889; and that at the time of the execution of this deed defendant had a general power of attorney from his father dated January 15, 1889, to transact all of his business relating to both his real and personal estate, and especially to make an oil and gas lease of the farm in question.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice McCollum,
This is an action of ejectment brought to recover an undivided one seventh of a farm of 220 acres, situate in Buffalo township, Washington county, and the parties to it are sons of Samuel J. Crothers, who once owned the farm, and who died in July, 1889. The appellant claims title to one seventh of it as an heir of Samuel J. Crothers, and the appellee claims title to the whole of it under a deed from him executed and delivered about six months before his death. The appellant contends that, at the time of the execution of this deed, the grantor named therein had…
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