Greenough v. Small
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. No. 371 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; 'court below, No. 215 December Term 1886, C. P. On November 16,1886, William I. Greenough brought ejectment against Bruce Small and Susan E., his wife, in right of said wife; Clarence Hawthorne and Rose, his wife, in right of said wife, P. C. Oberdoff, Jacob Youngman, and others who were tenants, to recover the undivided seven thirty-sixths part of two adjoining…
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APPEAL BY DEFENDANTS PROM THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OP NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY. No. 371 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; 'court below, No. 215 December Term 1886, C. P. On November 16,1886, William I. Greenough brought ejectment against Bruce Small and Susan E., his wife, in right of said wife; Clarence Hawthorne and Rose, his wife, in right of said wife, P. C. Oberdoff, Jacob Youngman, and others who were tenants, to recover the undivided seven thirty-sixths part of two adjoining lots of ground, being lot No. Ill and part of lot No. 112, in Sunbury. Issue. At the trial on September 26,1889, the…
1Per curiam
The first assignment of error contains twenty printed pages. It embraces a wide range, including copies of records, etc. It' would be remarkable if an offer of such magnitude did not contain something that was not competent. As it was offered as a whole, it follows that the entire offer must be admissible. If a single item was incompetent, the learned judge below was justified in rejecting it. He may separate the wheat from the chaff, but he is not bound to do so. Without going into detail, it is sufficient to say that the offer was properly rejected.
The case below turned upon the single…
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