Snowden v. Loree

DALLAS, Circuit Judge.

This was an action of ejectment to recover a piece of land situate in the county of Allegheny, state 'of Pennsylvania. It was tried by the court without a jury. The learned judge correctly held that the right of the plaintiffs to recover was dependent upon the strength of their own title, irrespective of that of the defendant. The plaintiffs based their claim of title, first, upon a patent of the state of Pennsylvania to Luke Loomis, dated August 15, 1837; and, second, upon the allegation “that plaintiffs’ grantors entered into constructive possession of the land in…