McDonald v. McAndrew
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 15, March T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1906, No. 282, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary McDonald v. Mary Ann McAndrew. Ejectment for a lot of land in the city of Scranton. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 15, March T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1906, No. 282, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary McDonald v. Mary Ann McAndrew. Ejectment for a lot of land in the city of Scranton. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. At the trial the court charged in part as follows: [The plaintiff depends upon the testimony of Mr. Lynn as to what happened at the time of the deed, and seeks to corroborate his testimony by that of herself and her husband as to some alleged admissions claimed to have been made by Mrs.…
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Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This was an action of ejectment. Mary A. Lynott was the owner of two adjoining lots known in the case as Nos. 17 and *15018, in a certain block. Eighteen was improved with the dwelling house in which she lived; the other was vacant. She owned no other property of consequence. Some' years ago she had devised the property to one of her sons, who had his home with her. January 1, 1905, she broke up housekeeping and went to live with her daughter, the defendant. She was then old, and complained that she was being neglected by the son. She survived about one year after that. The…
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