Stevens v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Franklin county. Samuel Hughes against Thaddeus Stevens, James D. Paxton, and others. This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, which involved the question of title to the locus in quo.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Franklin county. Samuel Hughes against Thaddeus Stevens, James D. Paxton, and others. This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, which involved the question of title to the locus in quo. The parties stated the following facts, which they agreed to consider in the nature of a special verdict: Plaintiff claims under a warrant to Maurice Kennedy, dated 6th of September 1792, for 400 acres and allowance of land, adjoining land that day granted Pascal Hollingsworth, in Washington township, Franklin county. Warrant to Pascal Hollingsworth, dated 6th of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This was an action of trespass for entering the lands of the plaintiff below, and cutting and carrying away the timber growing thereon. The plaintiffs in error were the defendants below. The parties, by agreement, stated a case in the nature of a special verdict, upon which the court rendered a judgment in favour of the plaintiff against the plaintiffs in error. The plaintiffs in error, by the case stated, admit the entry upon the lands and the cutting, &c. of the timber, but claim to be the owners thereof in fee. They derive their title…
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- Hughes v. StevensSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Fritz v. BrandonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875