Milne v. Rempublicam
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This action was brought in pursuance of an act of assembly authorizing the suit, passed 16th March 1798. (4 St. Laws, 238.) The plaintiff on the 30th May 1781, bought 75 acres of land, late the property of John Robinson, in Whitpaine township, Philadelphia county, for 715I. from the agents of confiscated estates, the said John having been declared an attainted traitor.
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This action was brought in pursuance of an act of assembly authorizing the suit, passed 16th March 1798. (4 St. Laws, 238.) The plaintiff on the 30th May 1781, bought 75 acres of land, late the property of John Robinson, in Whitpaine township, Philadelphia county, for 715I. from the agents of confiscated estates, the said John having been declared an attainted traitor. The premises were incumbered with the payment of two small annuities, and certain privileges, under the last wills of the grandfather and father of the said John Robinson, which were not known at the time of the sale. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The payment of the principal sums does not appear to be disputed. For such sums as the plaintiff has paid and shown his receipts, which are properly chargeable against the state, let interest be computed thereon, from the times of the dates respectively. As to the rest, interest is only due from the state, from the time of the demand on the legislature.
Verdict pro quer, accordingly, for $481-&¶.
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