Graham v. Moore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ON a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county it appeared, that this was an ejectment brought by John Moore and others against William Graham and Samuel Eccles, to recover possession of a tract of land . . , . . contammg 129 acres ISO perches, situate m Middleton ship.
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In Error. ON a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county it appeared, that this was an ejectment brought by John Moore and others against William Graham and Samuel Eccles, to recover possession of a tract of land . . , . . contammg 129 acres ISO perches, situate m Middleton ship. The plaintiffs below claimed under a warrant to James Moore, for 50 acres, adjoining his other land and Wal7 j %i tj ter Deany in Middleton township, Cumberland county, dated June 9th, 1763, on which they alleged a survey had made by John Armstrong, deputy surveyor, the draft of which was burnt…
1Opinion of the Court
Tirghman C. J.
after briefly stating the case, and readIng the first point proposed, and the opinion of the Court below on it, delivered the opinion of this Court, as follows This was an abstract question which the Court are never bound to answer, without applying the general principle of law to the case before the jury, and making such observations and distinctions as are necessary. Thus, after saying that this question, might in the abstract, be answered in the' negative, the Court went on to explain to the jury, that under .certain circumstances, the same question might be answered in the…
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