Jackson v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. No. 73 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 32 September Term 1884, C. P. On June 28,1884, B. W. Jackson and George C. Jackson, executors of the will of George D. Jackson, deceased, and B. W. Jackson, brought ejectment against William Lambert, to recover possession of a tract of 80 acres and 52 perches in Forks township. The plea was, not guilty.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF SULLIVAN COUNTY. No. 73 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 32 September Term 1884, C. P. On June 28,1884, B. W. Jackson and George C. Jackson, executors of the will of George D. Jackson, deceased, and B. W. Jackson, brought ejectment against William Lambert, to recover possession of a tract of 80 acres and 52 perches in Forks township. The plea was, not guilty. At the trial on September 28, 1886, the plaintiffs put in evidence a warrant in the name of Nathan Fields, Jr., dated March 11, 1785, returned as surveyed on April 8, 1785, for 401 acres…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Gordon :
As a matter of law this is a very plain case. The plaintiffs claim the land in dispute by virtue of a warrant issued by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 11th day of March, 1785, to one Nathan Fields, Jr., on which there was a survey bearing date April 8, 1785. This survey as returned to the Land Office purports to enclose 410 acres, 142 perches and allowance, and to be bo.unded on the north by Richard Thomas, south by vacant land, east by David Lownes, and west by Thomas Poultney. The only question we have to deal with is one of location, and, this…
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