Legal Opinion

Breinig v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1920No. Appeal, No. 247PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal, No. 247, Jan. T., 1920, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Nov. T., 1919, No. 82, for plaintiff, on case stated, in suit of Joseph S. G. Breinig v. Daniel A. Smith and Julia L. Smith. Case-stated to determine marketability of real estate. Before Stewart, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered judgment for plaintiff on the case-stated. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was entry of judgment for plaintiff.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Moschzisker,

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment for plaintiff on a case-stated, to test the title of the latter in certain real estate, passing to him under the will of his father, Simon Breinig, who died January 6, 1906.

In Breinig v. Oldt, 45 Pa. Superior Ct. 629, an elaborate opinion by President Judge Scott, of the Northampton Common Pleas, determining that Joseph S. G. Breinig takes a fee-simple in all of his father’s real estate, is adopted per curiam; and the court below states counsel admitted at the trial of the present case that it was an attempt to…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State Hospital for Criminal Insane v. Consolidated Water Supply Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  2. Stout v. GoodSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Hahn v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  4. Kraemer v. Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  5. Kaufman v. BurgertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Pattin v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
  2. Reiff v. PepoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Kepler v. KeplerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. Stanton v. GuestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  5. Stineman v. StinemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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