Carey v. Schaller

Citations

• 16 Pa. Super. 350
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 75

Syllabus

<p>Partition — Tenants in common — Equity—Jurisdiction—Act of July 7, 1885, P. L. 257.</p> <p>A bill in equity for partition will be sustained where the plaintiffs aver that the defendant conveyed an undivided interest in the land to their ancestor from whom they derived title under the intestate laws, and the defendant does not deny the execution of the deed nor allege that his holding was adverse to the plaintiffs.</p> <p>To make the possession to one tenant in common adverse, it must be with acts of exclusive ownership of an unequivocal character.</p>