Wilson v. Marvin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 143, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Jefferson Go., on verdict for plaintiffs. Ejectment for one hundred and forty-one acres of land in Eldred township. Before Mayer, P. J., of the 25th judicial district, specially presiding. The facts will be found in the opinion of the court overruling the motion for a new trial and in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 143, Oct. T., 1895, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Jefferson Go., on verdict for plaintiffs. Ejectment for one hundred and forty-one acres of land in Eldred township. Before Mayer, P. J., of the 25th judicial district, specially presiding. The facts will be found in the opinion of the court overruling the motion for a new trial and in the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for plaintiffs. [1] Defendants’ points were as follows: 1. If the jury find that the land in controversy is within the location of warrant No. 8400, made by…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
Ike plaintiffs’ title to the land in controversy depends upon a treasurer's sale made in 1874 of a lot of unseated land, part of warrant No. 3540. This lot was owned at the time of sale by *37Howe, Blake & Co., and was part of a large body of contiguous lands owned by them. When they came to pay their taxes for 1872 and 1873 the question presented itself to their minds whether this lot was in No. 3540 or in No. 3400. They investigated it, procured a map of their lands to be made, and with such light as was thrown upon the question by the county map of Jefferson…
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