Legal Opinion

Saunders v. Gould

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 5, 1890No. 247PublishedCited by 11 opinions

APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PKOM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 247 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 48 December Term 1886, C. P. No. 3. On November 19, 1886, Oscar P. Saunders brought ejectment against Samuel M. Gould for the premises No. 928 South Fifth street, Philadelphia. The defendant pleaded not guilty.

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APPEAL BY DEPENDANT PKOM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS NO. 3 OP PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 247 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 48 December Term 1886, C. P. No. 3. On November 19, 1886, Oscar P. Saunders brought ejectment against Samuel M. Gould for the premises No. 928 South Fifth street, Philadelphia. The defendant pleaded not guilty. On March 1, 1887, the plaintiff conveyed the premises sued for to Mary Tilden Wagner, and on June 8, 1887, filed a suggestion of this conveyance and marked the suit for her use. At the trial, on November 12, 1888, the following facts were shown: The…

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Mr. Justice Clark:

This is an action of ejectment for a certain lot of ground and the appurtenances, known as No. 928 South Fifth street, in the city of Philadelphia, the title to which, on and prior to the 8d of February, 1873, is admitted to have been vested in Charles W. Hepburn. On the 3d of February, 1873, certain judgments and mortgages against the property remained of record unsatisfied ; they were entered in the order following:

No. 1. Mortgage, Charles W. Hepburn to William L. Brown, for $6,000, dated October 19,1868; same day recorded.

No. 2. Judgment, Allen v. Charles W.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cullmans v. LindsaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
  2. Rowand v. FinneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
  3. Goepp v. GartiserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  4. Magaw v. GarrettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
  5. Reno v. MossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Meigs v. BuntingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  3. Liss v. Medary HomesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Barrett v. MillikanIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Best v. Galloway (In Re Best)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2009

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