213 Pa. 44 | Pa. | 1905
The deed from the appellant to the appellee, under which she claims title and right of possession, is for a lot of ground situated in the city of Altoona on the northeast side of Tenth street, containing in front thirty-eight feet and running back thirty-three feet. A verdict was directed in her favor by the common pleas and the judgment on it was affirmed by the Superior Court: Hads v. Tiernan, 25 Pa. Superior Ct. 14. The defense of the appellant is that a recovery ought to have been allowed for but one-half of the lot, because he had excepted the other half under the following clause in the deed: “ To have and to hold said described lot or piece of ground and one-half the double house now thereon.” The conveyance is of a lot of ground thirty-eight by thirty-three feet, with no reservation or exception of any interest in it by the grantor. The grantee testified that she understood she was getting just what the deed calls for, and her brother, the grantor, admits that, in compliance with her demand that she should have thirty-eight feet of ground, he executed the deed to her for a
Judgment affirmed.