Lessee of Bond v. Stroup
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
r | ’’HIS was an appeal from the decision of Brackenridge A J. who refused to set aside a verdict which the jury found for the defendants, at a Circuit Court for Mifflin in June 1808. A shifted application is not a commencement of title, until return of the survey made under it, exeept as vdm haif acmaT notice of the survey; and alpHetor o?aP1°" younger survey notice of6thetUal survey upon the tiem^yetifthere is laches in the return of this survey, and in the mean time the…
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r | ’’HIS was an appeal from the decision of Brackenridge A J. who refused to set aside a verdict which the jury found for the defendants, at a Circuit Court for Mifflin in June 1808. A shifted application is not a commencement of title, until return of the survey made under it, exeept as vdm haif acmaT notice of the survey; and alpHetor o?aP1°" younger survey notice of6thetUal survey upon the tiem^yetifthere is laches in the return of this survey, and in the mean time the younger survey is sold to a bona fide out actual no-^" tice, he will hold the land.
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The plaintiff claims under an application ^e 25th June 1767 in the name of William Perry Brady, on which a survey was made on the 12th September 1768, an^ returne<l to the office of the surveyor general on the 28th September 1772. On the 13th January 1775, Brady conveyedto George Campbell, Daniel Clymer, Phineas Bond., «on W' P an and Andrew Robeson. A patent was issued on the 2d May 1789, and by sundry conveyances unnecessary to mention, the title to this tract became vested in the plaintiff. It is admitted by the plaintiff, that John Brady was the real owner of the…
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