Patton v. Goldsborough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, in ah ejectment brought by William Ooldsborough against William Patton, and Richard Smith, Charles Smith, and Benjamin R. Morgan, executors of Dr. William Smith, deceased,* tried before a special court held by Reed, president, and the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, under the act of assembly providing for holding special courts.
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IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, in ah ejectment brought by William Ooldsborough against William Patton, and Richard Smith, Charles Smith, and Benjamin R. Morgan, executors of Dr. William Smith, deceased,* tried before a special court held by Reed, president, and the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, under the act of assembly providing for holding special courts. A verdict and judgment passed for the plaintiff below. The ejectment was brought to recover a house and lot in the town of Huntingdon marked No. 11 in the town…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
TilghmaN, J. C..
This is an ejectment brought by William Goldsborough, the plaintiff below, against the executors of the late Rev. Br. William Smith, deceased, for a house and lot in the town of Huntingdon. Both parties claimed under Boctor Smithy *53and the principal question was, whether the lot in dispute, being distinguished by the number 11, in the town plot, was included in a deed from the Doctor, to his daughter Williamina Elizabeth Smith, deceased, dated the 15th day of May, in the year 1783. On the trial of the cause, the defendant’s counsel took…
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