Morrison v. Seaman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 126, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., Oct. T., 1894, No. 42, on verdict for defendants. Ejectment for eighty acres of land off the east end of warrant No. 8725 in Corydon township. Before Morrison, J. Tbe facts appear by tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 126, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. McKean Co., Oct. T., 1894, No. 42, on verdict for defendants. Ejectment for eighty acres of land off the east end of warrant No. 8725 in Corydon township. Before Morrison, J. Tbe facts appear by tbe opinion of tbe Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows : [We think that the answers to the points presented by the counsel on both sides, will dispose of all the questions necessary for us to discuss in this case. But, as preliminary to that, we will refer briefly to the reason why we do not adopt the oak at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The plaintiff’s right to recover in this case depends on the location of the boundary line between warrants numbers 3725 and 3721, in the name of Robert Morris warrantee. These warrants are part of a considerable number of surveys made in the ■name of the same warrantee, returned as made on consecutive days, and as located in a compact body. The deputy surveyor adopted a well marked district as the eastern boundary of the Morris lands. The Allegheny river and four small river surveys were adopted as the western boundary, and on the south the lands of the Holland…
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