Haines v. Hall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 227, Jan. T., 1908, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1902, No. 283, on verdict for plaintiff in casé of Francis C. Haines v. Charlotte Hall and William James Hall. Ejectment for land in Lansdowne borough.
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Appeal, No. 227, Jan. T., 1908, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Delaware Co., March T., 1902, No. 283, on verdict for plaintiff in casé of Francis C. Haines v. Charlotte Hall and William James Hall. Ejectment for land in Lansdowne borough. Before Johnson, P. J. In addition to the facts statecl in the opinion of the Supreme Court, it appeared that the- deed from Samuel B. Bartram to William Hall, trustee, dated December 9, 1884, contained the following clause: “ In trust nevertheless to permit the said John Henry Hall, son of the said William Hall, and Sarah, his wife, and the survivor…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Thompson,
William Hall in 1884 became a trustee under a deed in which *106his son John and his wife were the cestnis que trustent. In consequence of his death the court of common pleas of Delaware county, upon petition of the son and wife appointed A. Lewis Smith, Esq., as substituted trustee. After his appointment Mr. Smith, as trustee, conveyed the property in litigation to the son, John Hall, and Sarah, his wife, clear of the trust, and subsequently they conveyed to Mr. Smith, this property subject to the trust with a power of revocation, and afterwards they, with the…
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