Richardson v. Morris
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 555, on verdict for defendant in case of H. It. Richardson v. Morris Y. Morris. Ejectment for land in the second ward of the city of Scranton.
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Appeal, No. 26, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1900, No. 555, on verdict for defendant in case of H. It. Richardson v. Morris Y. Morris. Ejectment for land in the second ward of the city of Scranton. Before Edwards, P. J. At the trial the following offer was made by defendant: The counsel for the defendant propose to prove by the witness on the stand that in 1870 he was the owner under a land contract, for which he has made diligent search and cannot now find, but which he is prepared to state the contents of, of the whole of the land in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
An owner of land may fortify his possession by purchasing outstanding claims and procuring as many conveyances as he deems sufficient, and when it is attempted to eject him he may defend under any or all of the titles which he has thus acquired. The mere fact that Joseph Davenport, the predecessor in title of the defendant, had accepted a conveyance from *198Howell, Bevan & King, did not preclude the defendant from showing that Davenport had an older and better title, acquired through his article of agreement with James Armstrong. The written article of agreement between…
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- Gorgas v. HertzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
- Logan v. Gardner, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County1890
- Diehl v. EmigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
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