Doe v. Watson
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the ’Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ■ It was an ejectment brought by .the. lessee of Cheesman, &c., to recover certain lots in the city of Philadelphia. As the defendant below offered no evidence but contested the validity of the title shown by the plaintiff, it is necessary to set that forth.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the ’Eastern District of Pennsylvania. ■ It was an ejectment brought by .the. lessee of Cheesman, &c., to recover certain lots in the city of Philadelphia. As the defendant below offered no evidence but contested the validity of the title shown by the plaintiff, it is necessary to set that forth. It was as follows, viz.: — The plaintiff gave in evidence the deed of conveyance from the Proprietors of Pennsylvania, Thomas and Richard Penn, to James Parrock, bearing date 5th September, 1749, under the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is a writ of error, which brings before us a judgment of the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The lessors'of the plaintiff brought an action of ejectment to recover certain premises, generally described in the declaration, and situated in the city of Philadelphia. To sustain the right claimed by the plaintiff, a deed of conveyance from Thomas and Richard Penn, the original proprietors of Pennsylvania, for the premises in controversy, dated the 5th of September, 1749, to James Parrock, was given in evidence.- The will of James Parrock, dated the 24th of May, 1754, was…
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- Lessee of Cheesman v. WiltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1795
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