Ringrose v. Ringrose
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 493, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Dec. T., 1890, No. 166, on verdict for defendant. Ejectment for a tract of land in Windham and Warren townships.
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Appeal, No. 493, Jan. T., 1894, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., Dec. T., 1890, No. 166, on verdict for defendant. Ejectment for a tract of land in Windham and Warren townships. Before Peck, P. J. At the trial it appeared that by a deed dated March 28, 1874, Roger Ringrose and Mary his wife conveyed to their son, Michael Ringrose, three pieces of land, one piece containing 100 acres, known as the homestead, another containing 50 acres and another containing 52 acres. The consideration named in the deed was $3,000, but no part of it was ever paid or intended to be. In the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The deed from Roger Ringrose and his wife, the present plaintiff, to Michael Ringrose, dated March 28, 1874, was for three tracts of land, one of which, known as the homestead farm, ■containing 100 acres is the subject of the present action of ejectment. A nominal consideration of $3,000 which was never ■paid, or intended to be paid, was recited in the deed, but in the body ol the deed, and immediately following the description of the lands, appears the following recital, “The above described land and interest in the same, conveyed to the party ■of the second part…
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