Shields v. Miltenberger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of ejectment by Shields against George Miltenberger for a lot of ground in the city of Pittsburgh. Shields claimed under a deed from Miltenberger, the defendant, who conveyed the lot to Shields, the plaintiff, on January 13,1829, subject to annual ground rent of , and delivered to bim tbe possession. Defendant claimed under James S. Craft.
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Error, to the District Court of Allegheny county. This was an action of ejectment by Shields against George Miltenberger for a lot of ground in the city of Pittsburgh. Shields claimed under a deed from Miltenberger, the defendant, who conveyed the lot to Shields, the plaintiff, on January 13,1829, subject to annual ground rent of , and delivered to bim tbe possession. Defendant claimed under James S. Craft. Tbe claim of the latter was under a sheriff’s sale and deed for the lot in question, sold as tbe property of Shields, tbe present plaintiff. Miltenberger obtained judgment against Shields…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bell, J.
— The second section of the act of October, 1840, gives a venditioni exponas for the sale of extended lands, when the execution creditor, within ten days after inquisition found, signifies his election to permit the defendant to retain the premises levied at the ascertained yearly rental, and the latter neglects or refuses for ten days thereafter to notify his acceptance of the offer. Whether the statute intended to prescribe an imperative observance of the period thus limited for notice, or regards it as simply directory, is the question…
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