Calhoun v. Hays
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of ejectment by John K. Calhoun and Mary his wife against Robert Hays, David Hays, and William Lynch, for the undivided eighth part of a tract of land, in which both parties claimed title under Robert Hays, their common ancestor.
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ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of ejectment by John K. Calhoun and Mary his wife against Robert Hays, David Hays, and William Lynch, for the undivided eighth part of a tract of land, in which both parties claimed title under Robert Hays, their common ancestor. In answer to the claim of the plaintiffs, the defendants alleged that by a family arrangement made between all the heirs of Robert Hays, deceased, in 1826, for the purpose of dividing their property and making a final settlement, the plaintiffs agreed to accept their share in money: that they…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error assigned is an exception to the court’s admitting the deposition of William Hays to be read in evidence. 1. Because his deposition was not regularly taken.' 2. *129Because he was interested in the result of the trial of the cause, and therefore not a competent witness. 3. Because the matters testified to by him were not admissible. The objection to the mode of taking the deposition is without even the shadow or colour of ground to support it. It was duly taken under a commission awarded for that purpose by the special order of…
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