Schnable v. Doughty
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error from the Common Pleas of Columbia county. July 24. In ejectment the plaintiff claimed title under a warrant to Thomas, in 1814, interest from 1804; survey the September of the same year, with endorsement of Thomas’s residence and improvement; a patent in 1816, and mesne conveyances to himself from the warrantee; with proof of residence by Thomas in 1804. Defendant gave in evidence a warrant to William Benson, in 1793, adjoining land granted to John Barrow; a survey in…
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Error from the Common Pleas of Columbia county. July 24. In ejectment the plaintiff claimed title under a warrant to Thomas, in 1814, interest from 1804; survey the September of the same year, with endorsement of Thomas’s residence and improvement; a patent in 1816, and mesne conveyances to himself from the warrantee; with proof of residence by Thomas in 1804. Defendant gave in evidence a warrant to William Benson, in 1793, adjoining land granted to John Barrow; a survey in March, 1794, and a patent the same year to John Nicholson. He then showed the certificate of balances due the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
In this ejectment, the plaintiff below gave in evidence a warrant to James Thomas, for one hundred acres, dated, May 28, 1824, including an improvement. Interest from March 1, 1804.
i September 20, 1814, a survey, eighty-six acres and ninety-six perches. Endorsement on survey, “ James Thomas and family reside on the survey, and have a good improvement.” February the 29th, 1816, a patent to James Thomas, for the eighty-six acres ninety-six perches.
September 22,1821. Deed, Thomas and wife, to John Doughty, for sixteen acres and twenty-four perches, the land in controversy.
The defendants gave in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Covert v. IrwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1817
- Ellmaker v. BuckleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1827
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ferguson v. Bloom, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Clearfield County1891
- Resurrection Gold Min. Co. v. Fortune Gold Min. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904