Lawrence v. Hunter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Beaver comity. James Hunter against Philip Lawrence and Eli Evans. This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of 424'acres of land. The defendants took defence for 100 acres. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant to James Hunter, of the 14th of April 1792, a survey made upon it, on the 12th of February 1795, of 424 acres and allowance regularly returned.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Beaver comity. James Hunter against Philip Lawrence and Eli Evans. This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of 424'acres of land. The defendants took defence for 100 acres. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant to James Hunter, of the 14th of April 1792, a survey made upon it, on the 12th of February 1795, of 424 acres and allowance regularly returned. It was marked on the record, that the beneficial owner of the warrant is the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank, of Philadelphia. Enoch Marvin was examined as a witness, and testified that he was the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The first error assigned is a bill of exception to the opinion of the court below, rejecting a survey, or the notes of one, made by the deputy surveyor of the district at the time, including the land in question, for Philip Lawrence, the ancestor of the plaintiff in error, as an actual settler thereon. The objection to its admission as it appears from the face of the bill of exceptions is, that it did not designate the same boundaries or quantity of land claimed by the plaintiff in error, who was the defendant in the court below, in his…
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