Healy v. Moul
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of York county, in an ejectment brought by Patrick Healy against Philip Moul and David Eaton, in which there was a verdict and iudgment for the defendants, in the Court below.
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In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of York county, in an ejectment brought by Patrick Healy against Philip Moul and David Eaton, in which there was a verdict and iudgment for the defendants, in the Court below. Jo 5 The plaintiff gave in evidence, a warrant in the name of Patrick Healy, for 100 acres of land, dated the 9th May, 1787, and a survey on the 20h September, 1787, of 42 acres 136 perches, by John Forsyth, the deputy surveyer of York county, including the land in dispute, and a patent to Patrick Healy, dated the 29th September, 1788. r™ _ . ' The defendants gave m evidence,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
In order to comprehend the nature and object of the testimony excepted to, it will be proper to consider the office evidence of title, on the part of both the plaintiff and defendants.
The plaintiff gave in evidence, a warrant in the name of Patrick Mealy; for 100 acres of land, in Paradise township, of the 9th May, 1787, and a survey of the 20th September, 1787, of 42 acres 136 perches, by John Forsyth, the deputy surveyor of Fork county, including the land in dispute ; and a patent to Patrick Mealy, of the 29th September, 1788.
The defendants…
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