Criswell v. Altemus
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
WRIT OP ERROR io the judges of the court of common pleas of Indiana county. John Criswell, Sen., Robert Criswell and William M’Nutt* plaintiffs in error, but defendants below, against whom this action, being ejectment, was brought by Nicholas Altemus, and Henry Partridge and Jane Partridge by their next friend John Partridge, the defendants in error here, to recover the possession of three hundred and twenty-eight acres and one half of land.
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WRIT OP ERROR io the judges of the court of common pleas of Indiana county. John Criswell, Sen., Robert Criswell and William M’Nutt* plaintiffs in error, but defendants below, against whom this action, being ejectment, was brought by Nicholas Altemus, and Henry Partridge and Jane Partridge by their next friend John Partridge, the defendants in error here, to recover the possession of three hundred and twenty-eight acres and one half of land. The plaintiffs below, upon the trial, in order to establish their right to the land, gave in evidence a patent to Joseph Gilpin, dated the 14th of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first matter assigned for error is the bill of exception to the opinion of the court below, admitting a certified copy of Joseph Gilpin’s will to be read in evidence to the jury. The objection to its being read was, that it did not come within (he provisions of the acts of congress making certified copies of matters placed on record in one state, in conformity to the laws thereof, admissible in evidence so as to entitle them to the same faith and credit in every other state that they have in the state where the record is, when…
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