Lessee of Livingston v. Moore
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. In the circuit court, the plaintiffs, in error instituted an ejectment for a tract of land in the county of Franklin, in the state of Pennsylvania. They showed title to the land as the heirs of John Nicholson, who was seised of the same.at the time of his death, under a warrant, survey and return of survey, and payment of the purchase money to the. state.
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IN error to the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. In the circuit court, the plaintiffs, in error instituted an ejectment for a tract of land in the county of Franklin, in the state of Pennsylvania. They showed title to the land as the heirs of John Nicholson, who was seised of the same.at the time of his death, under a warrant, survey and return of survey, and payment of the purchase money to the. state. The title of the defendants, was regularly derived from a sale of the lands of John Nicholson, made under the authority of the state of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This case comes up by writ of error from the circuit court of the United States of Pennsylvania, in which the plaintiffs here, were plaintiffs there. The plaintiffs make title as heirs of John Nicholson, and the defendants as purchasers under certain commissioners, constituted by a law of that state- for the purpose of selling the landed estate of John Nicholson; in satisfaction of certain liens which the state asserted to hold on his lands. The plaintiffs controvert the validity of that sale:
1st. As violating the constitution of Pennsylvania.
2d. As violating the constitution of the United…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. NicholsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1803
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