Lessee v. Lowry
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an ejectment for land lying north and west of the; rivers Ohio and Allegheny and Concwango creek. The warrantto the lessor of the plaintiffbore date the 13th of April 1 v'92, and called for400 acres “ adjoining land this day granted to Walter “ StewartAt the time the warrant was taken out, and. until the treaty of General Wayne, which was made at Meadvilk on the 3d of August 1795, and ratified on 23d of December following, there was an Indian war on the frontiers of…
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THIS was an ejectment for land lying north and west of the; rivers Ohio and Allegheny and Concwango creek. The warrantto the lessor of the plaintiffbore date the 13th of April 1 v'92, and called for400 acres “ adjoining land this day granted to Walter “ StewartAt the time the warrant was taken out, and. until the treaty of General Wayne, which was made at Meadvilk on the 3d of August 1795, and ratified on 23d of December following, there was an Indian war on the frontiers of Pennsylvania; and the frequent irruptions of the enemy into the quarter of the country to which the warrant applied,…
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
This cause comes before the Court upon an appeal from the Circuit Court of Allegheny county. The ejectment was brought to September 1797, and tried November 1802, when a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, by agreement, subject to the opinion of the Court upon the points to be reserved. These points are specified in the record, and are now the subject of our consideration. The counsel for the defendant has argued the cause on very extensive grounds, and raised many points not necessary to be determined in deciding the questions before us. The weight of business resting upon this court, will…
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