Thorndell v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error-to the 'Cominoh Pleas of Fayette county. This was an-ejectment for a house aind lot of ground in -Union-town, brought by Nóah Morrison ’aftd-Ann his wife -against William Thorndell, Jr., and others, in which a verdict ’and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff. The facts of the ease, ’and the questions of law arising upon 'the record, are fully and clearly stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Knox, J.
A brief statement of the facts of this case is necessary to a proper understanding of the legal questions raised by the assignments of error,
Ann Morrison (formerly Ann Springer), the plaintiff, intermarried with Noah Morrison in the year 1820, and resided with him at Uniontown, in this state, until the year 1834 or 1835, when Noah, the husband, went to Wisconsin, leaving his wife and children at Uniontown. The husband remained in Wisconsin until his death, which occurred in 1852.
In March, 1847, under proceedings in partition, the Orphans’ Court…
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