Reid v. Stanley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which ejectment was brought by Isaac E. Reid against Job Stanley, Charles Elsly and Catharine Barrett, to recover a lot of ground on the north side of German street between Third and Fourth streets, marked in a plan of division of Norton Pryor’s estate, No. 39. The facts in evidence were as follows: On a division of the real estate of Norton Pryor, 11 lots, situate on the north side of German street,…
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ERROR to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which ejectment was brought by Isaac E. Reid against Job Stanley, Charles Elsly and Catharine Barrett, to recover a lot of ground on the north side of German street between Third and Fourth streets, marked in a plan of division of Norton Pryor’s estate, No. 39. The facts in evidence were as follows: On a division of the real estate of Norton Pryor, 11 lots, situate on the north side of German street, were allotted to Charles Pryor, who on the 7th June 1784 conveyed to Joseph New lot No. 38, in breadth 21 feet and in depth…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error assigned is an exception to the admission of Hugh Buck as a witness on behalf of the defendants below. It is alleged that he was interested in the event of this suit, and liable to the plaintiff in case of his recovery, for the mesne profits of the property in dispute from the 1st day of June, at least, if not from the 27th day of May preceding, 1836, to the 4th day of the same June, when he parted with the possession of the lot in question to William Y. Birch. This action was commenced on the 12th October 1837, and tried on…
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