Hughes v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Franklin county. This was an action of ejectment by J. Holker Hughes against Thaddeus Stevens, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict: — ■ John Holker procured from the Land Office of Pennsylvania twenty-seven warrants, commencing with Robert Smith and ending with Alexander S. Dallas, each for four hundred acres of .land, bearing date the 6th day of September, A. D. 1792. ■ The…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Franklin county. This was an action of ejectment by J. Holker Hughes against Thaddeus Stevens, in which the following case was stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict: — ■ John Holker procured from the Land Office of Pennsylvania twenty-seven warrants, commencing with Robert Smith and ending with Alexander S. Dallas, each for four hundred acres of .land, bearing date the 6th day of September, A. D. 1792. ■ The warrants that cover the land in dispute were issued in the names of Pascal Hollingsworth, Maurice Kennedy, John Duncan,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Strong, J.
The first surveys made on the warrants under which the plaintiff claims, were returned into the land office on the 15th day of January 1795. The warrants had. therefore then performed their office. The deputy surveyor had exhausted his power. No act which he could do after having made the return could enlarge or diminish the rights of the warrantee. The warrant Avas no longer in his hands, for he had sent it back to the surveyor-general, Avith a description of the mode of its execution. That a resurvey amounts to nothing without an order for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Catlin v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
- Heath v. KnappSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Lessee of Steward v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1796
- Stevens v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
- Lessee of Steel v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1801
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mineral Railroad & Mining Co. v. AutenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Lessee of Gray v. M'CrearySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1808
- Lessee of Steel v. FinleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1801
- Lessee of Armstrong v. MorganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1803
- Lessee of Hunter v. MeasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1804