Brown v. Hays
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson county: No. 21, to October and November Term 1871. On the 31st of October 1867, James H. Hays brought .an action of ejectment against Plenry Brown 'for 312 6-10 acres of land in Polk township.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Jefferson county: No. 21, to October and November Term 1871. On the 31st of October 1867, James H. Hays brought .an action of ejectment against Plenry Brown 'for 312 6-10 acres of land in Polk township. The trial was December 15th 1869, before Campbell, P. J. The plaintiff claimed the land in controversy as part of warrant No. 4023, dated August 30th 1793, to John Nicholson for 1000 acres and survey September 31st for 1026 acres, 70 perches, returned and accepted August 14th 1794. The title to this warrant was vested in the plaintiff: he resided in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 3d 1871, by
Agnew, J.
— This case has leading features which, being determined, will render it unnecessary to consider the assignments of error in detail. The first and most important fact which, to a great extent, rules the case is, that lot No. 4023 of 1026 acres is one tract of land, and belongs to a single ownership. It all lies in Polk township, except an insignificant parcel caused by a slight deviation from the northern boundary of the tract in running the line of Polk township, leaving 16 acres in a narrow triangle lying within the…
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