Pringle v. Rogers

Citations

• 193 Pa. 94
• 44 A. 275
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 1086

Syllabus

<p>Deeds—Improper description—Courses and distances—Monuments— Administrator's deed.</p> <p>Where there is no ambiguity in the description of land on the face of a deed, but the courses and distances are inconsistent with the monuments upon the ground, the courses and distances must yield to the monuments; and this rule applies to a deed made by an administrator in pursuance of an order of sale by the orphans’ court, although the result of the application of the rule will leave unsold a portion of the land which the administrator intended to sell.</p>