M'Gennis v. Allison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county, where the plaintiffs below, Oliver Allison and Robert Allison, brought ejectment against Joseph MGennis, William Millegan, and Noah Roberts, to recover a tract of land in that county.
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This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county, where the plaintiffs below, Oliver Allison and Robert Allison, brought ejectment against Joseph MGennis, William Millegan, and Noah Roberts, to recover a tract of land in that county. The plaintiffs gave in evidence a location, dated 3d April, 1769, for 300 acres, &c. in favour of Benjamin Armitage, and survey thereon, 22d June, 1769. Thej7 then offered in evidence a deed poll, dated Sth March, 1773, purporting to be from Benjamin Armitage, of the cityof Philadelphia, to Francis Allison, of the same city, by which…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
The defendants in error, plaintiffs below, showed a location of 3d April, 1769, and survey in the name of Benjamin Allison, on the land, of 22d June, 1769, and then offered a deed poll purporting to bear date on 8th March, 1773, from Benjamin Armitage to Francis Allison, in consideration of five shillings, This deed was in the common printed form, from one whose name was made use of in the application-to the owner, with a nominal consideration.
There had been no long adverse possession, nor any possesion under the deed. This conveyance…
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