Satterlee v. Matthewson
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case came before the court on a writ of error to the supreme court of the state of,Pennsylvania. In 1784 or 1785, Elisha Satterlee, the father of the plaintiff in error, and Elisha Matthewson, the husband of the defendant in error, the defendant in error being thfe sister of Elisha Satterlee, went to a large body of land in Luzerne eouhty, Pennsylvania, part of which was the land in controversy, and bqth took possession of the same, under, as is believed, a supposed…
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THIS case came before the court on a writ of error to the supreme court of the state of,Pennsylvania. In 1784 or 1785, Elisha Satterlee, the father of the plaintiff in error, and Elisha Matthewson, the husband of the defendant in error, the defendant in error being thfe sister of Elisha Satterlee, went to a large body of land in Luzerne eouhty, Pennsylvania, part of which was the land in controversy, and bqth took possession of the same, under, as is believed, a supposed title from the Susquehanna Company. They worked on the lands in partnership, the same lying on both sides of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice WashingtoN
This is a writ of error to the supreme court of Pennsylvania, An ejectment was commenced by the defendant in error in the court of common pleas against' Elisha Satterlee to recover the land in controversy, and upon the motion of tfré plaintiff in error, hé was admitted as her landlord, a defendant to the suit. The plaintiff, at the trial, set up a title under a warrant dated the 10th of January 1812, founded upon an improvement in the year 1785, which it was admitted was under a Connecticut title, and a patent bearing date the 19th of February 1813.
■The defendant claimed title under a patent…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Inglee v. CoolidgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1817
- Miller, for the Use of the United States v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Satterlee v. MatthewsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Downing v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1815
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