Henry v. Deitrich
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: Of May Term, 1877, No. 2. In Equity. This was a bill in equity filed by S. S. Henry and others against Jacob Deitrich and others.
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county: Of May Term, 1877, No. 2. In Equity. This was a bill in equity filed by S. S. Henry and others against Jacob Deitrich and others. The case is fully stated in the opinion of this court, together with the following facts: On the 8th day of May 1744, the proprietaries of Pennsylvania issued a warrant to Henry Haller and Peter Frey, who Were then representatives of the Calvinist Reformed and the Lutheran congregations, in Cocalico township, now East Cocalico township, for a tract of land in said township, upon which the •…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
After a denial of some of the material allegations of the plaintiffs, the defendants concluded their answer by a general demurrer to the whole bill. All embarrassment that might have arisen in the investigation of the cause from controverted facts has thus been averted. The argument throughout has recognised the truth of the averments of the bill, and has proceeded precisely as if no answer had been filed. While the counsel for the defendants have explained that a motive so laudable as their “high regard for truth,” has prompted their denial of the statements of the plaintiffs, they have…
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