Swayze and Wife v. Burke
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the district court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania. The case, as stated, in the opinion of the court was as follows:— An action was instituted in the district court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, by the lessor's of the plaintiffs, Gabriel Swayze and wife, citizens of the state of Mississippi; for .the recovery of a tract of land in Alleghany county, in the state of Pennsylvania, to October sessions,…
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IN error to the district court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania. The case, as stated, in the opinion of the court was as follows:— An action was instituted in the district court of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, by the lessor's of the plaintiffs, Gabriel Swayze and wife, citizens of the state of Mississippi; for .the recovery of a tract of land in Alleghany county, in the state of Pennsylvania, to October sessions, 183.3. The plaintiffs and the defendants claimed the land under a deed from John Penn, and John Penn, junior,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice M‘Lean
delivered the opinion of the Court.
An action of ejectment was brought in the western district of Pennsylvania, by the plaintiffs against the defendants, to recover the land in controversy. Both parties claim by descent from John Ormsby, sen. who died in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, in December, 1805. - The deceased had a son, Oliver, who survived him, and who administered on. his estate; and -a daughter, Sidney, who .married Isaac Gregg. He had also a son called John Ormsby, jun. who mai’ried in the Mississippi country,-.and died in August, 1795. Mary Swayze, the wife of…
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