Herron v. Fetterman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to Common Pleas of Columbia County. The facts of the case appear in the opinion ot the Court "below, which was delivered on February 5th, 1884, per Elwell, P. J. Rule on the Commissioners of Columbia County to bring an ■action of ejectment in ninety days or show cause why the "same cannot be brought.
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Error to Common Pleas of Columbia County. The facts of the case appear in the opinion ot the Court "below, which was delivered on February 5th, 1884, per Elwell, P. J. Rule on the Commissioners of Columbia County to bring an ■action of ejectment in ninety days or show cause why the "same cannot be brought. This proceeding is under the Act of 11 June, 1879. On the 22d day of August, 1882, oh the petition of Jane Herron and others, setting forth title and possession in themselves to a tract-claimed by the respondents under a Treasurer’s sale made in 1828, a rule was granted by the President…
1Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Common Pleas on March 17,1884, in the following opinion:
2Per curiam
The Act of June 11, 1879, P. Laws 127, limiting the time within which an action of ejectment may be brought upon certain titles therein mentioned, must receive a reasonable construction. It is not the institution of the proceedings before the Court which bars the right to bring ejectment; but it is the judgment of the Court in making the rule absolute. It is this judgment which the Act declares “shall be final and conclusive between the parties, their heirs and assigns; and thereafter no…
3Cited by1 opinion
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