Devall v. Glover
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 307, January T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Potter Co., March T., 1910, No. 190, on verdict for defendants in case of J. M. DeVall v. Eugenia L. Clover and A. P. Clover. Ejectment to recover land in Wharton Township. Before Ormerod, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict for defendants and judgment thereon. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were various instructions to the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
The tract of land containing some eighty acres, a part of which was the land in dispute in this case, was conveyed in 1881 to Perry DeVall and his son, J. M. DeVall, and both grantees with their families took possession and occupied separate houses erected on the property. By deed dated March 13, 1884, which, however, was neither acknowledged nor recorded, Perry DeVall and his wife conveyed to plaintiff, J. M. De-Vall, “a certain piece or moiety of land” containing about sixty acres, reserving to themselves the right to remain on the premises during their lives.…
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