Windsor v. Bacon
Superior Court of Delaware
Action op Ejectment for an undivided moiety of about thirty two acres of land near Laurel. The lessee of the plaintiff claimed title by and through a deed from William H. Anderson and wife to William J. Windsor and John S. Bacon, and the sale of said lands, September 2, A. D., 1876, being tract No. 5 of the lands of the said William J. Windsor. to James H. Windsor, the plaintiff, by Eli R. Sharp, late sheriff, under an execution issued on judgment No. 167, October Term,…
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Action op Ejectment for an undivided moiety of about thirty two acres of land near Laurel. The lessee of the plaintiff claimed title by and through a deed from William H. Anderson and wife to William J. Windsor and John S. Bacon, and the sale of said lands, September 2, A. D., 1876, being tract No. 5 of the lands of the said William J. Windsor. to James H. Windsor, the plaintiff, by Eli R. Sharp, late sheriff, under an execution issued on judgment No. 167, October Term, 1865, of James Ponder, for the use of William E. Wolfe, now for the use of John E. Parker vs. William E. Wolfe and William…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court, Comegys, C. J.,
charged the jury, that if they should be satisfied from the evidence that William H. Anderson who had sold the land in question to William J. Windsor and John S. Bacon, and delivered the possession to them as joint purchasers, had made and delivered a deed to them, then the plaintiff was entitled to recover, but if they should not be so satisfied then the purchasers had but an equitable title to the premises which would not *3be sufficient to maintain the action, and the plaintiff would not be entitled to recover. Anderson, the vender, had a right to bid for the…
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