Lloyd v. Fretz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1912, by defendants from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1911, No. 465, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Mary A. Lloyd and Samuel J. Lloyd to the use of Mary A. Lloyd v. Alice Fretz and M. D. Fretz. Case stated to determine marketable title to land belonging at one time to Barbara J. Lloyd, wife of John Lloyd.
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Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1912, by defendants from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1911, No. 465, for plaintiff on case stated in suit of Mary A. Lloyd and Samuel J. Lloyd to the use of Mary A. Lloyd v. Alice Fretz and M. D. Fretz. Case stated to determine marketable title to land belonging at one time to Barbara J. Lloyd, wife of John Lloyd. Edwards, P. J., filed tbe following opinion: This case has been before us twice on a rule for judgment for the want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Each time, for adequate reasons, we refused to dispose of the merits of the case on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
To what is said in the opinion of the learned president Judge of the Common Pleas, on which we affirm the judgment, it may be added that under the Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 88, a power of appointment may be validly exercised without a recital thereof or direct reference thereto: Dillon v. Faloon, 158 Pa. 468.
The judgment is affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
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