Murphy v. Loyd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an action of ejectment, brought by James Murphy against Isaac S. Loyd, to recover six undivided eighth parts of a lot of ground, situate on the south side of High street between Schuylkill Fifth and Sixth streets, in the city of Philadelphia.
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This was an action of ejectment, brought by James Murphy against Isaac S. Loyd, to recover six undivided eighth parts of a lot of ground, situate on the south side of High street between Schuylkill Fifth and Sixth streets, in the city of Philadelphia. On the trial of the cause, at a Court of Nisi Prius, held by Sergeant, J. at Philadelphia, on the 15th of March, Í838, the plaintiff having given in evidence the list óf original purchasers from William Penn, and Holmes’s plan of the city of Philadelphia, showing that one George Green, under whom the plaintiff claimed, was one of the original…
1Opinion of the CourtHuston, J.
On the trial of this cause the plaintiff offered in evidence a deed, *and afterwards a will, both of which were rejected: on which the plaintiff suffered a non-suit, with liberty to move to take off the non-suit in the Court in banc.
To understand the case, it may be necessary to give a brief statement of things which are now matter of history, partly supported by documents which are in the archives of the state, -and partly by tradition.
Before William Penn left England, he proposed to sell lands in the province then granted to him, but of which he had not taken possession; and he granted to…
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