Henry v. Raiman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Somerset county. Ejectment for three hundred acres of land brought by Samuel Raiman against William Henry. Henry Woods and Henry Clymer were the holders of the legal title to the land in controversy; and, on the 5th March, 1825, demised the same to Peter Henry, on an improvement lease for seven years.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Somerset county. Ejectment for three hundred acres of land brought by Samuel Raiman against William Henry. Henry Woods and Henry Clymer were the holders of the legal title to the land in controversy; and, on the 5th March, 1825, demised the same to Peter Henry, on an improvement lease for seven years. While Peter Henry was in possession under this lease, he took out a warrant for this same land on the 9th July, 1832, had a survey made and returned; and, on proceedings before the Board of Property, the Reese Meredith warrant, under which Woods & Clymer claimed, was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Lewis, C. J. —
Samuel Baiman, the plaintiff below, claimed the land in controversy under a purchase from Peter Henry, who had taken out a warrant for it on the 9th July, 1832, and received a patent on 31st January, 1835.
*358William Henry claimed under a warrant to Reese Meredith in 1776, which became vested in Woods & Olymer; an agreement between the attorneys of Woods & Clymer on the one part, and Joshua F. Cox on the other, ratified by conveyances to Mr. Cox on the 15th February, 1839, and 29th March, 1839, together with a conveyance from Joshua F. Cox to…
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