Levers v. Van Buskirk
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Monroe county, in which an ejeetment was brought by Robert Levers, Joseph Levers, William Levers, Charles Levers, George Levers, Mary Levers, John Weaver, and Elizabeth his wife, in right of said Elizabeth, against Mary Yan Buskirk, widow, and Lynford Van Buskirk, George Van Buskirk and Robert Van Busldrk and George Ely, to September term 1841, for a tract of land in Hamilton township, Monroe county, containing 299 acres 112 perches, bounded by…
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Monroe county, in which an ejeetment was brought by Robert Levers, Joseph Levers, William Levers, Charles Levers, George Levers, Mary Levers, John Weaver, and Elizabeth his wife, in right of said Elizabeth, against Mary Yan Buskirk, widow, and Lynford Van Buskirk, George Van Buskirk and Robert Van Busldrk and George Ely, to September term 1841, for a tract of land in Hamilton township, Monroe county, containing 299 acres 112 perches, bounded by lands of Nicholas Alternóse and others. A verdict and judgment were rendered for the defendants in the court below. This…
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*75The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
This was an ejectment brought inf 1841 by the mortgagee to recover part of certain lands mortgaged in 1810, alleging that a balance was due on the last payment of $2000, which was to have been made pursuant to the bond on the 27th May 1814. After giving ins evidence the mortgage and bond and deed to the mortgagor by the mortgagee, the plaintiffs offered in evidence various proceedings to rebut the presumption of payment arising from the lapse of more than 20 years since the time when the money was due and payable on the bond in question.…
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