Simpson v. Meyers
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 40, 41, 42 and 43, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Jan. T., 1899, Nos. 35, 36, 37 and 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of S. H. Simpson v. Emma J. Meyers et al. Ejectment for an undivided one-third interest in land in Cornplanter township. Before Criswell, P. J. At the trial the defendant claimed title under a tax sale.
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Appeals, Nos. 40, 41, 42 and 43, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Venango Co., Jan. T., 1899, Nos. 35, 36, 37 and 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of S. H. Simpson v. Emma J. Meyers et al. Ejectment for an undivided one-third interest in land in Cornplanter township. Before Criswell, P. J. At the trial the defendant claimed title under a tax sale. The plaintiff maintained that the sale was invalid, because at the time the return of no property was made by the collector, there was in fact property on the land sufficient to meet the taxes. Defendant’s points were as follows: 1. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
These four cases may be considered together. The questions *525of law and fact set forth in each case are practically the same.
These were actions of ejectment by the plaintiff against the defendants to recover the undivided one third of certain parcels of land in Cornplanter township, Venango county. The title to 170 acres of land of which the pieces in dispute formed a part was conceded to be in John Nevins, who by deed dated July 6, 1868, conveyed it to Joseph Ross, the ancestor of Mrs. Meyers, the principal defendant, and eight other persons as tenants in…
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