Boulevard from Second Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 281, Oct. T., 1909, by John T. Sinnott, executor and trustee under will of Mary A. Conover, deceased, from order of Q. S. Phila. Co., Aug. T., 1907, Docket No. 55, p. 208, sustaining exceptions to report of jury of view In re Boulevard from Second Street to Rhawn Street. Exceptions to report of jury of view.
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Appeal, No. 281, Oct. T., 1909, by John T. Sinnott, executor and trustee under will of Mary A. Conover, deceased, from order of Q. S. Phila. Co., Aug. T., 1907, Docket No. 55, p. 208, sustaining exceptions to report of jury of view In re Boulevard from Second Street to Rhawn Street. Exceptions to report of jury of view. The exceptions were, inter alia, as follows: The Land Title & Trust Company, substituted trustee under the will of Amanda James, deceased, excepts to the report of the jury of view in this case, filed April 17, 1909, for the following reasons: 1. Because the jury failed to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
We feel constrained to hold that the judgment in this case should be controlled by the decision in Zeisweiss v. James, 63 Pa. 465. True it is, as contended by the appellant, that the issue in that case was not between the heir at law and the' grandnieces to determine their respective titles, but the stipulation of the case stated involved an inquiry into their titles. It was agreed “ that if the court should be of opinion that Amanda James, Anna N. James and Mary A. Conno ver were entitled to an estate in fee simple in said premises, judgment should be entered for the…
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- City of Philadelphia v. Heirs of GirardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
- Sheets' EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Urich v. MerkelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
- Zeisweiss v. JamesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Rea v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
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