Harroun v. Graham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Harroun v. Graham, 258 Pa. 245 (Pa. 1917)
101 A. 985; 1917 Pa. LEXIS 828
Frazer, Mestrezat, Moschzisker, Potter, Walling
Harroun v. Graham
Opinion of the Court
There was. sufficient evidence to warrant the learned chancellor in finding, as he did, “that there was no actual delivery of the deeds in question by the grantor to the grantees named therein in the lifetime of the grantor, but they were retained in the possession and under the control of the grantor.” This was the controlling question in the case, and, having been found in favor of the plaintiffs, a decree was properly entered against the defendants.
Decree affirmed.
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- Deeds—Delivery—Grantor retaining possession. Decedent in his lifetime made two deeds for certain properties and subsequent to his death they were placed on record. Upon a bill in equity to have the deeds declared null and void and for a re-conveyance to his heirs the court found that there was no- actual delivery to the grantees in the grantor’s lifetime, but they were retained in his possession and under his control, and granted the prayer of the bill. Held, no error.