Silliman v. Haas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 290, Jan. T., 1891, by defendant, Henry Haas, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill. Co., March T., 1885, No. 270, on verdict for plaintiff, Alexander S. Silliman. Ejectment to recover a tract of land in Ryon township. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 290, Jan. T., 1891, by defendant, Henry Haas, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill. Co., March T., 1885, No. 270, on verdict for plaintiff, Alexander S. Silliman. Ejectment to recover a tract of land in Ryon township. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the trial before Pershing, P. J., the court admitted in evidence under objection the testimony of Joseph Faust and Henry Mauger, the essential portions of which are quoted in the opinion of the Supreme Court. [3] Defendant presented the following point, among others: “ 7. Under all the evidence in the case the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Gbeen,
The claim of the plaintiff in this case is extremely stale. The title which he proposes to impeach is the title which Adam S. Haas acquired by an orphans’ court sale held the 31st day of October, 1863. The present action of ejectment was not brought until the 18th day of February, 1885. The plaintiff’s claim is founded upon an allegation that the orphans’ court sale of 1863 passed no title to Adam S. Haas. It is claimed for the plaintiff that the money which was paid for the land conveyed to Adam S. Haas under that sale, was the money of Henry Haas, his father, and…
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