Duffield v. Hue
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE WARREN COUNTY. No. 455 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 34 September Term 1888, C. P. On July 18,1888, C. C. Duffield brought ejectment against F. P. Hue and D. L. Gerould, for a lot of ground in Clarendon borough, containing about two acres, with three oil wells thereon, part of tract 497, Mead township, bounded, etc., formerly occupied by saw mill and saw mill yard, and part of leasehold granted by Thomas and H. W. Brown…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE WARREN COUNTY. No. 455 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 34 September Term 1888, C. P. On July 18,1888, C. C. Duffield brought ejectment against F. P. Hue and D. L. Gerould, for a lot of ground in Clarendon borough, containing about two acres, with three oil wells thereon, part of tract 497, Mead township, bounded, etc., formerly occupied by saw mill and saw mill yard, and part of leasehold granted by Thomas and H. W. Brown to F. M. Pratt, January 20,1882. Issue having been joined, on February 12, 1889, an agreement was filed waiving trial by…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark :
This is an ejectment, brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Warren county by C. C. Duffield against F. P. Hue et al., to recover the possession of a lot of ground containing tw.o acres, more or less, in Clarendon. The lot is conceded to have been part of tract No. 497, in Mead township, of which tract C. R. Elston was the owner, and this is the common source of .title. On January 23, 1880, Elston’s heirs leased part of tract 497, including the lands in dispute,'to Thomas and Henry Brown, for oil-mining purposes; and on January 20, 1882, the Browns sublet to F. M.…
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