Law v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Juniata county. This was an action of partition by William H. Patterson, Robert Patterson, Andrew Patterson, and John Patterson, devisees of John Patterson, deceased, against Benjamin Law, in which the plaintiffs claimed to recover equal partition between them and the defendant of a tract of land in Milford township, and of a house and lot in the borough of Mifflin town.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Juniata county. This was an action of partition by William H. Patterson, Robert Patterson, Andrew Patterson, and John Patterson, devisees of John Patterson, deceased, against Benjamin Law, in which the plaintiffs claimed to recover equal partition between them and the defendant of a tract of land in Milford township, and of a house and lot in the borough of Mifflin town. The whole case, and all the points raised in it, are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error is a bill of exception to the opinion of the court, rejecting certain evidence offered by the plaintiff in error, who was the defendant below. The object of the evidence was to prove that in the year 1814, a dissolution of the partnership, which had previously existed between John Patterson, the devisor of the plaintiffs below, and Benjamin Law, the defendant, was advertised by them by means of hand-bills in writing, put up at various places, stating the fact. The witness, however, could only testify that he saw a hand-bill…
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