Watson v. Gregg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
A VERDICT and judgment were rendered in favour of the plaintiff below, Sidney Gregg, a lunatic, who sued by her committee, against the defendants below, Aaron Watson and Charles S. Bradford, Esq., (admitted as co-defendants,) for one-third of the premises claimed in ejectment brought to recover 370 acres of land, in St. Clair township, Allegheny county.
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A VERDICT and judgment were rendered in favour of the plaintiff below, Sidney Gregg, a lunatic, who sued by her committee, against the defendants below, Aaron Watson and Charles S. Bradford, Esq., (admitted as co-defendants,) for one-third of the premises claimed in ejectment brought to recover 370 acres of land, in St. Clair township, Allegheny county. The plaintiff claimed as daughter, and one of the heirs of John Ormsby, deceased, who obtained a patent for the land in April 1788. In June 1788, he executed a deed for it to Wm Lamb and John W. Checkly, which was recorded in Allegheny county…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The principal error relied on in this case, is in the charge of the court, but we think the complaint of the defendant is without foundation.- AThe entry of John Ormsby must be taken to have been adverse to the title of Lamb and Checkly, in the absence of any sort of evidence that he entered for them, or held under them. He acted, in all respects, as the sole owner and claimant of the inheritance, making leases, receiving rents, paying taxes, and preserving and improving the property. He had no title or colour of title that we know of. He…
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