Cooley v. Houston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 190, Oct. T., 1910, by William D. Houston, a defendant, from decree awarding partition of C. P. Lawrence Co., March T., 1908, No. 4, in case of Polly Permelia Cooley et al. v. William D. Houston, John Clark, George Clark and Elsie Trask. Bill in equity for partition of real estate. Before Porter, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This was a bill filed for partition of 162 acres of land in Lawrence county. The case was heard on the bill and answer, no replication was filed and no testimony was taken. The facts, therefore, appear by the pleadings.
Hamilton Houston owned a farm of 162 acres in Lawrence county. The title passed from him, apparently by deed, to his two sons, James and William, on or about May 30, 1876. On that date the sons gave him a mortgage in the penal sum of $10,000 conditioned for the pay*498ment of certain moneys for the support of their father and mother. The deed has…
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