Campbell v. Braden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Grreene county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 61. Ejectment by Daniel W. Braden against Benjamin E. Campbell to- recover a house and lot in Waynesburg, Greene county, being one-half of lot N0..M6, in the original plan of said town. The defendant pleaded- not guilty. Both parties claimed title under Benjamin Campbell, deceased, the father of defendant.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Grreene county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 61. Ejectment by Daniel W. Braden against Benjamin E. Campbell to- recover a house and lot in Waynesburg, Greene county, being one-half of lot N0..M6, in the original plan of said town. The defendant pleaded- not guilty. Both parties claimed title under Benjamin Campbell, deceased, the father of defendant. At the trial, before Willson, P. J., the plaintiff showed title by his purchase of the premises in question at an Orphans’ Court sale, for the payment of debts, which was duly confirmed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
It maybe conceded that the parol gift to Benjamin E. Campbell, the defendant below, by his father, Benjamin Campbell, was neither sufficiently definite in its terms, nor sufficiently executed, to vest in him a good title to the premises in dispute, but it must be remembered that, in this state, twenty-one years adverse and uninterrupted possession does much to cure infirm titles. Such possession is, indeed, without more, title of itself.
If the defendant’s testimony is to be credited, he entered into the possession of the house and lot in dispute some time in the spring or early part of the…
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