Jones v. Bland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 252 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct. This was an ejectment by Thomas Jones and Catharine, (late Kate Williams), his wife, in right of said wife, Owen Owens and Grace Owens (late Grace Williams), his wife, in right of said wife, and David Williams by Thomas R. Hughes, his guardian, against Jennie Bland, Willis O. Smith, Jennie Smith and Margaret Brown, to recover the property No. 125 Wyoming street, Philadelphia.
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No. 252 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct. This was an ejectment by Thomas Jones and Catharine, (late Kate Williams), his wife, in right of said wife, Owen Owens and Grace Owens (late Grace Williams), his wife, in right of said wife, and David Williams by Thomas R. Hughes, his guardian, against Jennie Bland, Willis O. Smith, Jennie Smith and Margaret Brown, to recover the property No. 125 Wyoming street, Philadelphia. On the trial, the plaintiffs rested after having introduced evidence of the facts sufficiently set forth in the opinion of this Court, whereupon on motion of the defendants a judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett:
In considering the validity of a compulsory nonsuit it is the duty of the court to assume the truth of the plaintiffs’ evidence and deduce therefrom every reasonable inference of fact, in his favor, that might be drawn by a jury. In that respect it is substantially the same as a judgment for defendant on demurrer to evidence.
If this case had been submitted to the jury, as it should have been, they doubtless would have found substantially the following facts, viz.: that in August, 1866, Ford and wife sold and conveyed the premises in controversy to Grace Bland, who…
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