Lance v. Gorman
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County
No. 54 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 194 May Term 1881, C. P. On April 4, 1881, J. C. Lance and Anna Lance, his wife, in right of said wife, brought ejectment against Edward Gorman and Mary Gorman for a lot of ground in Mahanoy City. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
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No. 54 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 194 May Term 1881, C. P. On April 4, 1881, J. C. Lance and Anna Lance, his wife, in right of said wife, brought ejectment against Edward Gorman and Mary Gorman for a lot of ground in Mahanoy City. The defendants pleaded not guilty. At the second trial on March 25, 1889, J. C. Lance being then dead, the jury were sworn as to Anna Lance alone, and the following facts were shown: In 1872 Jacob-Newkirk was the owner of the premises in controversy. On October 28,1872, he conveyed them to J. C. Lance, the consideration named in the deed being…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Steeeett:
This action of ejectment was brought by plaintiff and her husband, since deceased, to recover possession of the lot in controversy, in her own right. Both parties claimed under Jacob Newkirk, who by deed dated October 23, 1872, duly recorded, conveyed the lot to plaintiff’s husband, Joel C. Lance, for the consideration of $7,000. In 1874, Lance and wife by deed acknowledged and recorded' in August of that year, “ for *207and in consideration of $100 and divers other good and sufficient considerations them thereto specially moving,” conveyed the same to David H.…
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