Eckman v. Eckman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. In equity. David Eckman brought his bill, March 10th 1864, against Benjamin Eckman and Daniel Eckman, Jr. The bill averred that the complainant was seised in fee of a tract of 100 acres of land, was unmarried and without children, and that the defendants' are his nephews; that the defendants’ father devised to them a tract of above 100 acres of land; that the complainant, from feelings of kindness,…
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. In equity. David Eckman brought his bill, March 10th 1864, against Benjamin Eckman and Daniel Eckman, Jr. The bill averred that the complainant was seised in fee of a tract of 100 acres of land, was unmarried and without children, and that the defendants' are his nephews; that the defendants’ father devised to them a tract of above 100 acres of land; that the complainant, from feelings of kindness, prior to September 6th 1869, made a parol promise to them that if Daniel Jr. would convey to Benjamin his interest in the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 3d 1867, by
Woodward, C. J.
— Daniel Eckman and Jacob Eckman were brothers, and each owned a farm in Strasburg township, Lancaster county. Jacob had two sons, the present defendants, whose names were Benjamin and Daniel, Jr., but Daniel Eckman, the elder, the plaintiff, had no sons. Jacob Eckman, before his death, made his will, devising his farm to his two sons, and Daniel made a deed of his farm to them also, reserving to himself a life estate. *273This deed was placed in the hands of Jacob, whether as an escrow or as an absolute delivery was a…
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