Jackson v. Stoetzel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1878, No. 62. Ejectment by John A. Jackson and Elizabeth his wife, in right of said wife; Charles D. Herron and Jane, his wife, in right of said wife; Charles J. Tower and Robert M. Cummings against Eli Stoetzel, for a tract of land in Conyngham township, Columbia county. The material facts are stated in the opinion of this court.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia county: Of May Term 1878, No. 62. Ejectment by John A. Jackson and Elizabeth his wife, in right of said wife; Charles D. Herron and Jane, his wife, in right of said wife; Charles J. Tower and Robert M. Cummings against Eli Stoetzel, for a tract of land in Conyngham township, Columbia county. The material facts are stated in the opinion of this court. At the trial the plaintiff submitted the following points, to which the answer of the court, El well, P. J., is appended. 7. That the occupancy of a tract of land unfit for residence and cultivation,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
This was an action of ejectment to recover the possession of four hundred and forty-one acres of land, known as the Ebenezer Bran-ham tract. The plaintiffs showed that the legal title from the Commonwealth was vested in them. The defendant was in possession, and claimed title by virtue of three tax-sales. The only material question in the case is, whether the land was unseated at the time of the tax-sale in 1854. It was sold at that time for the taxes assessed for 1851 and 1852. The tract was assessed as unseated. The plaintiffs called a number of witnesses for the purpose of showing that it…
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