Miles v. Miles
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Erie county. This was an action of ejectment by the heirs of Thomas Miles, deceased, against William Miles, in which a statement of the case is made by his Honour who delivered the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
The defendants here were plaintiffs below, and brought this ejectment against William P. Finch and others, tenants of William Miles, who was admitted as landlord and defended. He is the uncle of the plaintiffs below. Many witnesses were examined and much testimony given; only a synopsis of which is given. It presented the following facts. About 1798 Thomas Miles settled on a tract of land (not the one in dispute); lived there four years, and had a house and ten or eleven acres in cultivation ; a survey; and, in short, a title clear of dispute…
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