Lessee of Cox v. Cromwell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
P' S Tí IS was an appeal from the decision of Brackenridge J-at a Circuit Court for Huntingdon in June 1808. The owner of.a and survey upon' which the purchase money is barred either in law or equity in°^ectment,U'S notwithstaiuibeen adecision against him^by property in consequence ofhis atteiStlie ing upon has Iain byfifteen years after that, during which the party in whose favour the caveat was decided, has paid his purchase money, obtained a patent, and. made improvements…
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P' S Tí IS was an appeal from the decision of Brackenridge J-at a Circuit Court for Huntingdon in June 1808. The owner of.a and survey upon' which the purchase money is barred either in law or equity in°^ectment,U'S notwithstaiuibeen adecision against him^by property in consequence ofhis atteiStlie ing upon has Iain byfifteen years after that, during which the party in whose favour the caveat was decided, has paid his purchase money, obtained a patent, and. made improvements on the land. Although the owner of such warrant and survey may quishment. The artual'possesl sion of the land, is no…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Huntingdon county. The verdict was for the defendant in conformity to the charge of the judge before whom-the cause was tried; and the plaintiff complains of an error in law in the charge.
To understand the matter, it will be necessary to give a sketch of the evidence. [The Chief Justice then stated the case at large.]
The judge of the Circuit Court was of opinion that Crogharis deed was of no validity, because it was not proved that he had any right to the land. He therefore gave it in charge to the jury, that the defendant’s title must…
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