Bowser v. Cravener
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: No. 6, to October and November Term 1867. This was an action of ejectment, by John S. Cravener against David S. Bowser and others, for 100 acres of land in Armstrong county: service of the writ was accepted January 23d 1864. The plaintiff claimed under the original warrantee.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong county: No. 6, to October and November Term 1867. This was an action of ejectment, by John S. Cravener against David S. Bowser and others, for 100 acres of land in Armstrong county: service of the writ was accepted January 23d 1864. The plaintiff claimed under the original warrantee. On the trial, at a special court, before Campbell, P. J., of the 18th district, the plaintiff gave in evidence an official survey of October 18th 1785, of 201 acres, being depreciation tract No. 280 ; and patent October 4th 1786, to Richard Freeman, for the same…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 7th 1868, by
Thompson, C. J.
The article of agreement of Samuel Bowser, deceased, the ancestor of the plaintiffs in error, with David Flanner, dated September 7th 1816, was, it must be admitted, a very informal instrument; but it was a contract for the sale of one-half the tract on which the vendor then resided, including his settlement, and it was signed by him. The possession was taken by Flanner pursuant to this contract, and the tract divided between the parties, Flanner to have that portion of it south of Slate Lick run, and Bowser all north…
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