Caul v. Spring
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to Northumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by Jacob Spring against Dennis Caul and others. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant of 25th of April 1793 to Ezekiel King; a survey of the 12th of March 1794, returned the 30th of April 1794; and a patent of the 3d of May 1794 to John Nicholson, who had purchased King’s warrant; a sale by the treasurer for taxes in 1824 to the commissioners, and a sale by the commissioners to the plaintiff in 1831. The…
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ERROR to Northumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by Jacob Spring against Dennis Caul and others. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant of 25th of April 1793 to Ezekiel King; a survey of the 12th of March 1794, returned the 30th of April 1794; and a patent of the 3d of May 1794 to John Nicholson, who had purchased King’s warrant; a sale by the treasurer for taxes in 1824 to the commissioners, and a sale by the commissioners to the plaintiff in 1831. The defendant claimed under a warrant of the 19th of October 1814 to Samuel S ted man; a survey of the 16th of March 1815; a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J..
This is an action of ejectment to recover a tract of land in Chilisquaque township. The plaintiff gave in evidence an application dated the 24th of March 1793 for a tract of land in the name of Ezekiel King; a warrant dated the 25th of April 1793 to Ezekiel King for four hundred acres. On this a survey was made the 25th of April 1793 for four hundred and one and three-fourths acres. The survey was returned for patenting on the 30th of April 1794. The 3d of May 1794, a patent which recites a deed for Ezekiel King, was granted to John…
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