Garwood v. Dennis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an ejectment for two lots of ground in the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia, tried before Yeates J. at a Nisi Prius in the beginning of this month, when a verdict was found for the plaintiffs; and now upon a motion for a new trial, his Honor reported the material facts to be as follows:— The plaintiffs claimed title under a certain Hannah Dennis, the wife of Garwood being her grand-daughter, and Elliot her great grandson ; and they derived title to…
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This was an ejectment for two lots of ground in the Northern Liberties of the city of Philadelphia, tried before Yeates J. at a Nisi Prius in the beginning of this month, when a verdict was found for the plaintiffs; and now upon a motion for a new trial, his Honor reported the material facts to be as follows:— The plaintiffs claimed title under a certain Hannah Dennis, the wife of Garwood being her grand-daughter, and Elliot her great grandson ; and they derived title to Hannah Dennis from one John Coates, who by his will pi’oved on the 20th of March 1760, devised the premises inter alia to…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilshman C. J.
The first reason offered for a new trial in this case, is, that the defendant was not permitted to give in evidence, the certificate of the secretary of the land office verifying the copy of an entry in a book in the rolls’ office, which together with all other papers in that office touching *297the titles of lands, had been transferred to the land office by virtue of the act of 29th March 1809. This entry was made by the recorder of deeds for the county of Philadelphia, in pursuance of the sixth section of the act of 18th March 1775. It happened that Mr. Irwin, who held the two…
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