Lenox v. M'Call
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari.’ THIS was a certiorari to remove the proceedings of Michael Keppele and Jacob Baker, esqs. two of the aldermen of the city of Philadelphia.
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Certiorari.’ THIS was a certiorari to remove the proceedings of Michael Keppele and Jacob Baker, esqs. two of the aldermen of the city of Philadelphia. By these proceedings it appeared, that the plaintiff David Lenox, on the 24th April, 1816, made application in writing to the said, aldermen, confirmed by his oath, stating, that on the 27th October, 1815, he purchased at sheriff’s sale, in the city of Philadelphia, a brick messuage and lot of ground, at the corner of Chesnut and Tenth streets, sold as the property of Peter L. Berry, for which he obtained the sheriff’s deed; that the defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is a proceeding under the act of 6th April, 1802, to recover possession of a house in the city of Philadelphia, sold by the sheriff, on an execution against Peter L. Berry. David Lenox was the purchaser at the sheriff’s sale, and Judith M<-Call was in possession, under a title derived from Berry. Aldermen Baker and Keppele, to whom complaint was made, by Major Lenox, summoned a jury agreeably to the act of assembly, who found for the complainant, with 360 dollars damages; for which sum and costs, judgment was given against Mrs. MlCall, and possession was delivered to the…
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