McGrew v. Harmon

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
McGrew v. Harmon, 164 Pa. 115 (Pa. 1894)
30 A. 265; 1894 Pa. LEXIS 1048
Collum, Dean, Green, Mitchell, Sterrett

McGrew v. Harmon

Opinion of the Court

MCGEEW’S APPEAL.

Opinion by

Me. Justice Dean,

After a careful examination of the assignments of error, on this appeal of James McGrew, we are of opinion the learned judge of the court below, in his findings of fact and conclusions of law, committed no error. On the testimony, the court found there was no eviction of Warner by title paramount, from more than one half the land; that, for all that appears, he could have remained in undisturbed possession of the other half. In view of this finding of fact, to have held that the entry of Wentworth was constructively an entry for himself *125and tenants in common with him to • more than the undivided half, would have been error.

The opinions of the learned judge of the court below on the hearing and exceptions to his judgment, are full and to the point. They property rule all the questions raised by this appeal. The assignments of error are overruled, the judgment is affirmed, and the appeal is dismissed at costs of appellant.

habmon’s appeal.

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Dean,

Oct. 1, 1894:

The learned judge of the court below, in a very clear and forcible opinion, property disposed of all the questions raised on this appeal.

The recital in the deed from Huidekoper to McKinney, the common grantor of both parties, that he was seized in fee of the title, was sufficient to warrant the finding of fact of title out of the commonwealth.. That was, in effect, an averment of title in Huidekoper, and therefore, necessarily, that the commonwealth had no title to land which both parties claimed under Huidekoper.

The assignments of error are overruled, the judgment is affirmed and the appeal is dismissed at c'osts of appellant.

Reference

Full Case Name
James McGrew v. Hosea Harmon
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Ejectment—Evidence—Recital in deed—Title. A recital, in the deed in the line of title under which both parties claim in an ejectment, that the grantor in the deed was seized of the title, is sufficient to warrant a finding that title was out of the commonwealth. . Warranty—Reed—E viction. A grantee in a deed of general warranty who voluntarily surrenders possession of the whole of the land warranted to one who claims only a part interest in it, cannot recover damages from the warrantor as for an eviction from the whole tract on the theory that the entry of the disseizor was both for himself and his cotenants.