Douglas v. Irvine
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
error to the court of common pleas of warren county. No. 135 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 14 December Term 1886, C. P. On September 13, 1886, an action of ejectment was brought by George W. Irvine against C. L. Douglas, to recover one half acre of ground in Pine Grove township. Issue.
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error to the court of common pleas of warren county. No. 135 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 14 December Term 1886, C. P. On September 13, 1886, an action of ejectment was brought by George W. Irvine against C. L. Douglas, to recover one half acre of ground in Pine Grove township. Issue. At a second trial of the cause on February 13, 1888, the plaintiff showed a deed from Guy O. Irvine to himself dated March 16, 1854, for 117 acres of land, embracing the land in dispute, “ for and during the term of his natural life, then to his heirs, and in default of heirs to him the said party…
1Per curiam
If we take the isolated portions of the charge embraced in the first, third and fourth specification of error, and sever their connection from the charge as a whole, we might, perhaps, discover slight error. This is well illustrated by the fourth specification, where complaint is made that the learned judge instructed the jury that, “We say to you that the statute commenced running in the lifetime of Guy C. Irvine, audit would continue notwithstanding the minority of George W. Irvine’s children.” An examination of the charge shows that the learned judge used this language in reference to the…
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