Griggs v. Vermilya
Citations
- 151 Pa. 429
- 25 A. 61
- 1892 Pa. LEXIS 1449
Syllabus
<p>Evidence—Witnesses—Party dead—Act of May 23, 1887.</p> <p>In a sci. fa. sur mortgage, a terre tenant is not a competent witness, where the mortgagor is dead, to prove that the mortgagor had sold the property to the terre tenant prior to the execution of the mortgage.</p> <p>The subject-matter of the contest and the rights and disabilities of the parties are the same in an action by the mortgagee as in an ejectment by the mortgagor tried after his death and the substitution of his heirs.</p>
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