Gregg v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Beaver county. This was an action of ejectment brought by Oliver Ormsby Gregg, Isaac Gregg, Sidney J. Gregg, Moses F. Eaton and Sarah E. his wife (late Sarah E. Gregg), heirs at law of Isaac Gregg, deceased, against James Patterson, Robert Saddler, James Richards, Henry Maloy and Jeremiah Mead, to recover the possession of the undivided half of a tract of land, situate in Brighton township, Beaver county, containing 440 acres and allowance, being…
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Beaver county. This was an action of ejectment brought by Oliver Ormsby Gregg, Isaac Gregg, Sidney J. Gregg, Moses F. Eaton and Sarah E. his wife (late Sarah E. Gregg), heirs at law of Isaac Gregg, deceased, against James Patterson, Robert Saddler, James Richards, Henry Maloy and Jeremiah Mead, to recover the possession of the undivided half of a tract of land, situate in Brighton township, Beaver county, containing 440 acres and allowance, being a tract surveyed on a warrant in the name of William Barker. The facts of the case are fully set forth in the opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J.
From an abstract given of the evidence it appears that Daniel Brodhead was the owner of two land warrants, bearing date the 3d April 1792, for 400 acres each, one in the name of Joseph Williams, and the other in the name of William Barker. They were surveyed on land adjoining each other, in the month of April 1794, on the west side of Big Beaver Creek, opposite the Middle Falls. That by an article of agreement, dated the 18th August 1801, Daniel Brodhead contracted to sell the two tracts of land surveyed upon the warrants aforesaid to David Hoops for the consideration of $3200, payable…
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