Clement v. Packer
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT' OF PENNSYLVANIA. The court stated the case as follows: The plaintiff below, Packer, brought an action of ejectment to recover from the defendant below, Clement, one hundred and twenty acres of land located in Mount Carmel Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT' OF PENNSYLVANIA. The court stated the case as follows: The plaintiff below, Packer, brought an action of ejectment to recover from the defendant below, Clement, one hundred and twenty acres of land located in Mount Carmel Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He claimed this 120 acres as part of a tract of land surveyed in October, 1794, under a warrant dated 26th of November, 1793, issued in the name of William Elliott, the title to lyhich was in him, the plaintiff. On the trial he adduced evidence, showing…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The first assignment of error is to the effect that the court below erred in rejecting the offer of the plaintiff in error of six patents issued by the Commonwealth to Peter G-raul for the Joseph Tyson, William 'Elliott, Lewis Walker, William Shannon, Nathaniel Brown, and Ebenezer Branham surveys, bearing date the 12th, 13th and 17th of April, 1797, respectively, for the purpose of locating, and showing that the Commonwealth confirmed the location of said surveys as a block, by granting patents to each one of them, and for the purpose of showing how much land the Commonwealth granted in…
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