Devinney v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Juniata county. Levi Reynolds against James Devinney. This was an action of ejectment for three hundred acres of land. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant to John House!, dated 21st of January 1794, and a survey made and returned thereon 16th of May 1794; and then offered a book containing a list of unseated land in Mifflin county, for the years 1814, ’15 and ’16. D. R. Reynolds sworn.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Juniata county. Levi Reynolds against James Devinney. This was an action of ejectment for three hundred acres of land. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant to John House!, dated 21st of January 1794, and a survey made and returned thereon 16th of May 1794; and then offered a book containing a list of unseated land in Mifflin county, for the years 1814, ’15 and ’16. D. R. Reynolds sworn. This book is the original record of assessment in Mifflin county; the original rough assessments are not in the office. I examined the office with the clerk, and they could not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by '
Ro&eks, J.
This is an action of ejectment, to recover 300 acres of land in Fermanagh township, warranted in the name of John Housel. The plaintiff claims title to the tract in controversy, under a sale by the treasurer of Mifflin county to Michael Hollman for the taxes of the years 1814, 1815, 1816, and a deed by his attorney-in-fact to him.
The court was right in admitting the book containing the list of unseated lands, as contained in the first bill of exceptions, because it is proved to be the original record of the assessment.
The other errors may…
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