Mattocks v. Brown
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writs of error to. the Court, of Common Pleas of Bradford county: Of January Term 1883, Nos. 185 and 136. Ejectment., b}T Charles II.
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Writs of error to. the Court, of Common Pleas of Bradford county: Of January Term 1883, Nos. 185 and 136. Ejectment., b}T Charles II. Matlocks, Freddie C. Mattocks, Ella M. Mattocks and Et.tie O. Mattocks, minor children of Asa Mattocks, deceased, by their respective guardians, against Daniel Brown, Alpbeus Passage and Colinda B. Passage his wife, William Passsage and Eddie Passage bis wife, Elmer Daggett, Maria C. Mattocks and John Chapel, for a tract of land in Springfield township, containing 113 acres and 49 perches. Plea, not; guilty. On the trial, before Morrow, P. J., both parties…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxsoit
Mattocks v. Brown.
The learned judge of the court below committed no error in holding that the deed from Asa Mattocks to Charles Mattocks and'wife was not a testamentary disposition of the property described therein. The deed conveys a present interest to the grantees. Under it Charles Mattocks and wife take a life estate during their joint lives, and the life of the survivor of them. It was not in the power of Asa Mattocks to revoke or destroy this life estate. It was urged, however, that the concluding paragraph of the deed by which it was agreed that in case Charles Mattocks should survive…
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