Bellas v. Evans
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land, in which the heirs of Elizabeth Evans were plaintiffs, and Hugh Bellas Esq. was defendant in the court below. The facts of the case are so fully stated in the opinion of his Honor, who delivered that of the court, that they need not be repeated.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This was an action of ejectment, brought in the court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county, by the defendants in error, to recover, as they alleged, the possession of six seventh equal and undivided parts of two hundred and eighty-one acres of land. Both parties derived their claims to the”land in dispute from Jacob Wallace.
From the evidence, it appeared that Joseph Jacob Wallace died in 1795 intestate; seized in fee of a large real estate, having seven children his heirs, namely John L., Grace, intermarried with Evan R. Evans, Sarah…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. ScudderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1824