Lessee of Patterson v. Cochran
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an ejectment for lands lying north and west of the Ohio &c. It was tried before Yeates J. at a Circuit Court for Beaver in September 1806, when the following facts appear- cd in evidence.
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THIS was an ejectment for lands lying north and west of the Ohio &c. It was tried before Yeates J. at a Circuit Court for Beaver in September 1806, when the following facts appear- cd in evidence. The plaintiff~s title was founded on a warrant dated the 14th April 1792, which was entered in the deputy surveyor's office on the 10th june 1793, and a survey made thereon the 6th April 1795. In the spring of 1797, the defend- ant entered on the land, made an improvement, and resided there at the time of trial. In the summer of 1797 the de- fendant received warning to leave the land from Ennion…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
'after stating the facts, proceeded as follows. The defendánt relies on the defect in the plaintiff’s title, a settlement not having been made in pursuance of the act of 3d April 1792. It was decided by this court on the motion for a mandamus to Tench Coxe, (c) and on the trial of the issue at Sunbury at the special court directed to be held by an act of Assembly, (d) that if a warrantee was prevented by war from *233making a settlement in two years from the date of the warrant, his title was not extinguished, but he should be allowed a reasonable time for making such settlement…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The Commonwealth v. COXC, ESQ.Supreme Court of the United States · 1800
- Attorney-General VSupreme Court of the United States · 1792
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