Sailor v. Hertzogg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Nisi Prius. This was an ejectment for a house and lot, situated in the city of Philadelphia. The title to the property was originally in Henderson. In June, 1788, Henderson conveyed to Weiss. On the 5th of July, 1788, Weiss conveyed to Jacob Sailor.
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Certificate from the Nisi Prius. This was an ejectment for a house and lot, situated in the city of Philadelphia. The title to the property was originally in Henderson. In June, 1788, Henderson conveyed to Weiss. On the 5th of July, 1788, Weiss conveyed to Jacob Sailor. This deed was ackpowledged January 12, and recorded May 27, 1789. In 1817, Jacob Sailor conveyed to Henry Sailor, the plaintiff below and in error. . The defendant gave in evidence the title-deeds for the property, prior to the ownership by Henderson, and a re-conveyance by Weiss, his grantee, to Henderson, dated January 19,…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The zeal, naturally enough elicited by a protracted contest, with which this cause was argued for the plaintiff, induced us to examine, with more than ordinary care, the exceptions taken on the trial. This review has but served to strengthen our primary impressions that the assignments of error are destitute of merit. *313After the long litigation the case has -undergone, and the many opportunities thus afforded to ascertain the principles by which it must be ruled, it is somewhat curious room should have been found for the suggestion of so many supposed errors as load this record. The repeated…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Adlum v. YardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1829
- Naglee v. AlbrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Sailor v. HertzogSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
- Hockenbury v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- M'Caffrey v. FisherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842