Gill v. Weston
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of • Warren county: Of July Term 1885, No. 73. Ejectment by W. W. Weston, A. Weston, and O. Weston doing business as Weston Brothers, against J. D. Gill to recover possession of certain leasehold premises, situate in Mead township, Warren county. Plea, the general issue.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of • Warren county: Of July Term 1885, No. 73. Ejectment by W. W. Weston, A. Weston, and O. Weston doing business as Weston Brothers, against J. D. Gill to recover possession of certain leasehold premises, situate in Mead township, Warren county. Plea, the general issue. At the trial, before Brown, P. J., the facts of the case appeared as follows: Both plaintiffs and defendant claimed title under H. B. Porter, Thomas W. Dorsey and Patrick Dorsey, owners of the premise in fee. Plaintiffs offered in evidence the record of an oil lease from Dorsey brothers and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Jnstice Ster&ett
delivered the opinion of the court, October 5th, 1885.
Each of the respective parties to this action of ejectment claimed possession of the leasehold estate in controversy by title derived from A. R. Curtis, who was the lessee of II. B. Porter and Thomas W. and Patrick Dorsey. The lease to Curtis was regularly signed and acknowledged by Porter; but, as to the Dorseys, it was signed “ Dorsey Bros.” in the handwriting of Thomas W. Dorsey, opposite one of the printed seals on the lease; and the notary’s certificate of acknowledgment sets forth, that “ H. B. Porter and Dorsey…
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