Lefever v. Armstrong
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 212, April T., 1900, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 25, on trial by the court without a jury, in case of Henry Lefever v. J. T. Armstrong and J. S. Campbell. Ejectment for a one-fourth interest in a mining lease of land in Marion township.
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Appeal, No. 212, April T., 1900, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Butler Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 25, on trial by the court without a jury, in case of Henry Lefever v. J. T. Armstrong and J. S. Campbell. Ejectment for a one-fourth interest in a mining lease of land in Marion township. The case was tried by Greer, P. J., without a jury, under the Act of April 22, 1874. The plaintiff claimed under a mortgage from P. S. Hovis executed on December 1, 1897, and recorded on December 27, 1897. The defendants claimed as sheriff’s vendees under an execution issued on December 22,1897, on a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
From the facts found by the court below it appears that prior to December 1,1897, P. S. Hovis was the owner of an undivided one-fourth interest in a leasehold estate and in the machinery on the land described in the preecip, the other owners being John S. Campbell, James T. Armstrong and Nelson P. Duncan. *569On December 1, 1897, Hovis executed and delivered to Henry Lefever, the plaintiff, an assignment of his interest in the lease and machinery as a collateral security for a note of $500, on which Hovis received the money, and which was paid by Le-fever before this suit was…
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