Treftz v. King
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county : No. 140, to October and November Term 1873. On the 21st of February 1848 an action of ejectment was brought, at the suit of George S. King and others, against J. John Treftz and others, on an equitable title. On the 6th of July 1849 the jury found for the plaintiffs, and judgment was entered on the verdict.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria county : No. 140, to October and November Term 1873. On the 21st of February 1848 an action of ejectment was brought, at the suit of George S. King and others, against J. John Treftz and others, on an equitable title. On the 6th of July 1849 the jury found for the plaintiffs, and judgment was entered on the verdict. The record was removed to the Supreme Court, and the -iudgment was affirmed October 25th 1851. On the 4th of December 1855, a rule was granted on the de fendants “to file in court the title-papers in this case for the plaintiffs, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, November 10th 1873, by
Sharswood, J. —
This writ of error is brought upon a judgment •n an action of ejectment on a general verdict, rendered in the court below October 6th 1849, which was affirmed by this court: 6 Harris 157. The error now assigned, however, is to an order made by the court many years subsequently (July 15th 1868), requiring the defendants to file in court the title-papers for the 'plaintiffs, and directing J. John Trefts, one of the defendants, to convey to the plaintiffs. It may perhaps be inferred from some of the entries that it was…
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