Campbell v. Galbreath
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Mercer county. Special court, held by Shippen, President. Josiah Galbreath against Thomas Campbell. Ejectment for a tract of land. All the points made in the court below and in this court, and the grounds upon which they were supported, are so distinctly and fully stated in the opinion of the court, that it is not necessary to insert them here.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
There is nothing tenable in any of the matters assigned for error, excepting in the second bill' of exception, which was taken to the opinion of the court below, in admitting George ■ W. Fell, to testify as a witness on behalf of the defendant in error, the plaintiff in the court below. It is admitted, that Fell was one of the cestuis que trust, for whose use, this action was commenced in the name of Josiah Galbreath, as a trustee merely. Fell, however, *424pending the action, assigned all his interest and claim to the land in question, to…
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