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Posted Jan 7th, 2012
What does sitting equity mean?

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I have been researching my ancestry and found an article in an old paper in Indiana, PA, there were
several of th family named as defendants on the charges of sitting in equity. Plantiff was Mabe C.
Holmes, Master. It looked in the atricle that there was coal on the many many acres in the two
tracts of land that were for sale. Also mentioned somewhere in the article was a defunct coal
company.
Legal Topic Area: Real Estate in PA

It simply means that a court is invoking its power to award remedies other than damages. For example, a court may determine who the rightful owner to property is, or whether someone has an easement impacting another party's property.


Answered on Jan 9th, 2012 at 1:23pm