Lessee of Thomson v. White

The Chief Justice having stated the case, and the objections to the verdict, proceeded to deliver the opinion of the court in the following manner:

McKean, Chief Justice.

The court have heard the reasoning in support of the motion, and the arguments against it; and upon a perusal and full consideration of the cases cited on both sides, our opinion is unanimously formed in favor of the plaintiff.

In support of the first ground assigned for a new trial, it has been urged, that the parol proof contradicted the deed given by the witnesses themselves; that in Pennsylvania, lands must pass by deed,…