Mason v. Ammon

Citations

• 117 Pa. 127
• 11 A. 449
• 1887 Pa. LEXIS 243

Syllabus

<p>1. Whether one claiming title by adverse occupancy had that kind of continuous, notorious, and hostile possession of the land in dispute as would give title under the statute of limitations, is a question of fact for the jury.</p> <p>2. A simple receipt not under seal “ for forty dollars for my share of the lot ” in dispute is not sufficient to divest the interest of the alleged vendor under the statute of frauds.</p> <p>8. In a devise “unto said sister and at her death to her child, children or other lineal descendants:” Held, that the words, “other lineal descendants,” so qualify the previous words, “ child, children,” as to make them words of limitation, and not of purchase, and the estate of the first taker is an estate tail, at once affected by the operation of the statute of limitations.</p>