Colenburg v. Venter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 211, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 179, on case stated. Case stated to determine the validity of title to real estate.
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Appeal No. 211, Oct. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 179, on case stated. Case stated to determine the validity of title to real estate. From the case stated it appeared that plaintiffs being all of the heirs at law of Sarah E. Drusadow, deceased, entered into an agreement with defendant for the sale of a lot of ground situate in the Fifth ward of the city of Allegheny for the sum of $1,500. Defendant refused to accept the deed when tendered, alleging that plaintiffs did not have a marketable title. On February 24, 1871, judgment was entered…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
The facts agreed upon in this case stated bring it within the provisions of the act of February 24, 1834, section 25, which declares:
“ All judgments, which at the time of the death of a decedent shall be a lien on his real estate, shall continue to bind such real estate during the term of five years from his death, although such judgments be not revived by scire facias or otherwise after his death; and such judgments shall, during such term, rank according to their priority at the time of such death; and after *116the expiration of snoh term, such judgments…
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