Supreme Court of Pennsylvania September 15, 1850 (Leitch v. Little)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gibson, C. J.

— The plaintiffs below brought their ejectment on an equitable title, derived from an agreement of purchase by the father of the parties on both sides. The father had died; his children had agreed to let their mother have the estate during her life; and she had agreed to pay the debts out of the personalty.