Bush v. Genther

Citations

• 174 Pa. 154
• 34 A. 520
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 862

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment — Widow's exemption — Estoppel.</p> <p>Where a widow is instrumental in having her husband’s administrator sell the land in controversy as her husband’s property, and she claims and aocepts a portion of the proceeds as her widow’s exemption, she and her grantees will be estopped, in an action of ejectment, from asserting her own title and denying that of her husband.</p> <p>jDeed — Recording of deed — Delivery—Evidence.</p> <p>The recording of a deed is prima facie evidence of the delivery of the deed to the grantor, but it is not conclusive; and evidence tending to show that the deed was not actually delivered is admissible in an a< i ion of ejectment for the land described in the deed.</p>