Light v. Zeller
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County
No. 449 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 45 April Term 1886, C. P. On February 9, 1886, “ Susanna Light and Reuben L. Light, her husband, for the use of said • Susanna,” brought ejectment against Daniel W. Zeller and John H. Bixler (a tenant perhaps), to recover a tract of land containing-123 acres, 64.7 perches in North Lebanon township. Issue.
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No. 449 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 45 April Term 1886, C. P. On February 9, 1886, “ Susanna Light and Reuben L. Light, her husband, for the use of said • Susanna,” brought ejectment against Daniel W. Zeller and John H. Bixler (a tenant perhaps), to recover a tract of land containing-123 acres, 64.7 perches in North Lebanon township. Issue. At the trial, on March 7, 1887, the case presented upon the evidence1 was to the effect following: Jacob Light died some time early in 1874, leaving several tracts of land and seven children surviving him, one of said children being…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Sterrett :
This action of ejectment was brought by Susanna Light and Reuben Light, her husband, in right of said Susanna, against Daniel W. Zeller and another, to recover possession of a tract of land sold in 1884 by the sheriff as the property of said Reuben Light, on an execution in favor of John H. Uhler, and purchased by said Zeller with notice that the same was claimed by the beneficial plaintiff in her own right, under proceedings in partition of the real estate of her deceased father, etc.
In June, 1874, Jacob Light died seised of several tracts of land, which…
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