Hibbs v. Rue
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Bucks county. Dec. 29. Debt on a recognisance entered into by defendants, August 8, 1838, reciting that plaintiff had made complaint before two justices, that he had purchased a tract of land at sheriff’s sale, which B. Rue', the defendant in the execution, was in possession of; notice, citation, &c., and that Samuel White appeared before the justices and made oath that he came into possession under title derived from B. Rue, before the…
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In error from the Common Pleas of Bucks county. Dec. 29. Debt on a recognisance entered into by defendants, August 8, 1838, reciting that plaintiff had made complaint before two justices, that he had purchased a tract of land at sheriff’s sale, which B. Rue', the defendant in the execution, was in possession of; notice, citation, &c., and that Samuel White appeared before the justices and made oath that he came into possession under title derived from B. Rue, before the judgment under which the execution and sale took place, with the following 'condition annexed : “Now, therefore, the…
1Opinion of the CourtCoulter, J.
George W. Rue purchased at sheriff’s sale a certain tract of land, in Bucks county, for which a deed, duly acknowledged, was delivered to him by the sheriff. Rue gave notice, under the act of Assembly in such cases made and provided, to the persons in possession; and at the proper time, when the justices of the peace and a jury, summoned by the sheriff of said county in pursuance of a precept issued by the said justices, were assembled, Samuel White appeared and made oath before the justices that he came dnto possession of the premises under title derived to him from Benjamin Rue,-the person…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chaffee v. SangstonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Kimmel v. KintSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
- Commonwealth v. SimontonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
- Minier v. SaltmarshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
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- Mann v. Mt. Union Tanning & Extract Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1920