Powell v. Whitaker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, No. 271. This was an amicable action of assumpsit wherein Robert Hare Powell and John C. Bradley, trading as Robert Hare Powell & Co., assignees of Thomas Gr. Cooke, were plaintiffs, and Robert Whitaker in his own behalf,' and Robert Whitaker, administrator of the estate of Edward C. Cooke, deceased, were defendants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1878, No. 271. This was an amicable action of assumpsit wherein Robert Hare Powell and John C. Bradley, trading as Robert Hare Powell & Co., assignees of Thomas Gr. Cooke, were plaintiffs, and Robert Whitaker in his own behalf,' and Robert Whitaker, administrator of the estate of Edward C. Cooke, deceased, were defendants. A case was stated for the opinion of the court in substance as follows: On the 20th of November 1874, Thomas Gr. Cooke was seised in fee-simple, and in possession of a lot of ground situate…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered, February 17th 1879,
2Per curiam
We affirm this judgment on the opinion of President Judge Ludlow in the court below.
Judgment affirmed.
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