Ripple v. Ripple
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Huntingdon county, held by Smith, J., August 18th, 1828. The action removed from the Court of Common Pleas, wg.s an ejectment for a tract of' land in Springfield township, brought by Elizabeth Ripple, and Catharine Ripple, and the overseers of the poor of Shirley township against Peter Ripple, John Cook, and Charles M'-Gee. The two women were idiot's, the daughters of Philip Ripple, and were supported by the township.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Huntingdon county, held by Smith, J., August 18th, 1828. The action removed from the Court of Common Pleas, wg.s an ejectment for a tract of' land in Springfield township, brought by Elizabeth Ripple, and Catharine Ripple, and the overseers of the poor of Shirley township against Peter Ripple, John Cook, and Charles M'-Gee. The two women were idiot's, the daughters of Philip Ripple, and were supported by the township. Their father being desirous of purchasing the tract of land in question, wrote a letter, .dated February 8th, 1813, directed to his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
The certificate of the presiding justice of Jefferson county, that the attestátion of the clerk is in due form of law, was sufficient to introduce the exemplification of the will. The laws of Virginia are to be proved- as the laws of a foreign Country; but, the acts of its courts may,' undoubtedly, bé resorted to for their exposition. To the act of the county court, in holding jurisdiction of the subject of probate, the.maxim omnia presumuntur rite esse acta, is aS applicable as it is to judicial proceedings in our own state.
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