Grayson v. Bannon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Beaver comity. Mary Grayson against John Bannon and Jeremiah Bannon. This was an action of ejectment for two hundred acres of land; in which each party claimed under a treasurer’s sale for taxes.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Beaver comity. Mary Grayson against John Bannon and Jeremiah Bannon. This was an action of ejectment for two hundred acres of land; in which each party claimed under a treasurer’s sale for taxes. The sale to the plaintiff was for the taxes of 1815,1816,1817, and 1818, and the deed was dated the 30th of August 1S20. The sale to the defendants was for the taxes of 1819 and 1820, and the deed to them dated the 27th of August 1822, in which the land was described as “Lot No. 5, in North Beaver township of two hundred acres.” The plaintiff offered in evidence the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The material question in this case is, whether Moore was admissible as a witness for the plaintiff, to prove the existence of a written power of attorney executed by the plaintiff, authorising him to make a compromise in relation to the land in dispute; that in pursuance of the power he entered into a contract under seal with John Bannon, in the presence and with the consent of Jeremiah Bannon, the person to whom a treasurer’s deed had been made. The defendant objected to this testimony, on the ground that the attorney in fact is…
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