Glenn v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 152, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., Sept, T., 1917, No. 116, for defendant on the pleadings in case of Henry Glenn v. John Stewart. Ejectment for land in Millcreek Township. Before Whittelsey, J. The court entered judgment for defendant on the pleadings. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This action of ejectment turns upon whether a devisee took a fee or a life estate. Walter Glenn, late of Mill-creek Township, Erie County, died about 1873, and his last will, duly probated, provides, inter alia, “I give and bequeath to my son, James A. Glenn, my homestead farm on which I now reside situated in Millcreek township, Erie County, Pa., and containing about 55 acres, more or less. I also give and bequeath to my said son James A. Glenn my farm known as the William Robeson Farm situated in Millcreek township, Erie County......containing 26 acres of land,…
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