Hutchinson v. Sandt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
On an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Northampton County, held by Huston, J. in April, 1831, it appeared that this was an ejectment for one-sixth part of a tract of land containing two hundred and forty-five acres and nineteen perches, in Lower Mount Bethel township.
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On an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Northampton County, held by Huston, J. in April, 1831, it appeared that this was an ejectment for one-sixth part of a tract of land containing two hundred and forty-five acres and nineteen perches, in Lower Mount Bethel township. It was admitted that John Hutchinson died siezed of the premises in dispute, and the plaintiffs proved that they were the children of Andrew Hutchinson, also deceased, who was one of the six children of the said John Hutchinson. After having proved their pedigree, the plaintiffs gave in evidence the proceedings…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
A number of reasons have been assigned by the counsel of the plaintiffs, who are the appellants, why the verdict should be set aside and a new trial granted in this case, many of which do not appear to be sustained in fact, and none of the whole both in fact and law, in the opinion of the court, excepting the tenth ; which is, that the Circuit Court erred in admitting the evidence of John Jacoby and Morris Morris. So far as the evidence of these two witnesses, who had been members of an inquest and joined with their fellows in signing and…
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