Peiffer v. Lytle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: To May term 1868, No. 4. This was an action of ejectment, brought to April Term 1866, by Martin B. Peiffer against Samuel S. P. Lytle, for a lot in Mount Joy. Both parties claimed under Samuel Kohr.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: To May term 1868, No. 4. This was an action of ejectment, brought to April Term 1866, by Martin B. Peiffer against Samuel S. P. Lytle, for a lot in Mount Joy. Both parties claimed under Samuel Kohr. The plaintiff gave in evidence a judgment in his favor against Kohr, entered July 28th 1857, for $1500; scire facias on it, with notice to Peiffer and Hoffer, assignees for the benefit of creditors ■of Kohr, and judgment, February 17th 1864, on verdict for $1940.98. Under executions issued on this judgment, the lot in ■question was sold to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 2d 1868, by
Read, J.
The merits of this case are contained in a point *391presented to the court by the defendant, and upon which it was requested to charge the jury. The point is in these words: “ The court are respectfully asked on behalf of the defendant to charge the jury that if they believe the testimony of Samuel Kohr, that his father-in-law, Christian Landis, purchased a property in East Hempfield township for '$1400; that he paid for the same, and had the deed therefor made in the name of his son-in-law, Samuel Kohr, as an advancement for his…
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