Morton v. Harris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Perry county. This was an action of ejectment by John H. Harris against Martin Morton and John Bear, to recover a tract of land in Rye township containing 328 acres, 51 perches. The plaintiff gave in evidence a patent to Hugh Ferguson, dated 1st July 1786, describing the land as adjoining George Allen and Wm. M’Kee.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Perry county. This was an action of ejectment by John H. Harris against Martin Morton and John Bear, to recover a tract of land in Rye township containing 328 acres, 51 perches. The plaintiff gave in evidence a patent to Hugh Ferguson, dated 1st July 1786, describing the land as adjoining George Allen and Wm. M’Kee. The return of this tract of land in 1803 by the deputy surveyor to the commissioners as unseated.—21st September 1809, warrant from the commissioners to John Boden, treasurer, to sell (among others) the tract of land in the name of Hugh Ferguson, for…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
Although we have, for a long series of years, had laws under which lands on which no person resided and no improvements were made, were sold for taxes, and many hundred sales have taken place, yet no instance occurs previous to 1815, in which the purchaser at a sale for taxes has succeeded in making out a good title in court, unless where the statute of limitations has come in aid of the treasurer or commissioner’s deed.
■ The courts having decided that, to vest a title in the purchaser of lands sold for taxes, an exact and literal compliance…
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