Richardson v. Lessee of Stewart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error! This was a writ of error to the Oommon Pleas of Huntingdon county. The defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, claimed under a deed from Richard Neave and son of the 31st August 1793. The defendant "William Richardson also claimed under the Neaves, by virtue of a contract made on bis behalf by John Richardson his son, with the Neaves, on the 19th August 1793. It was therefore a contest between a subsequent legal title, and a prior equitable one; and this…
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In Error! This was a writ of error to the Oommon Pleas of Huntingdon county. The defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, claimed under a deed from Richard Neave and son of the 31st August 1793. The defendant "William Richardson also claimed under the Neaves, by virtue of a contract made on bis behalf by John Richardson his son, with the Neaves, on the 19th August 1793. It was therefore a contest between a subsequent legal title, and a prior equitable one; and this equity depended in a great degree upon the testimony given by John Richardson to show fraud and unfair conduct on the part of…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilqhman O. J.
Two bills of exceptions were taken on the trial of this cause; one for the court’s refusing a deed from William Richardson to John Haldeman to be read in evidence on the part of the defendant; the other to the charge of the court.
In order to judge of the propriety of admitting or rejecting "x'the deed as evidence, it will be necessary to state part ponn of the testimony which had been given before the deed ^ was offered. The legal title of the land in dispute was vested in Robert Stewart the plaintiff by a deed from Richard Neave and his son Richard. William Richardson the…
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