Rush v. Barr
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Armstrong county. This was an action of ejectment by William Rush who survived Victor Dupont, assignee of Archibald M’Call against Margaret Barr, for a tract of land ; and the question of law which was presented, arose out of the following evidence.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Armstrong county. This was an action of ejectment by William Rush who survived Victor Dupont, assignee of Archibald M’Call against Margaret Barr, for a tract of land ; and the question of law which was presented, arose out of the following evidence. The plaintiff, to support the issue on his part, produced as a witness Hugh Wason, who being duly sworn testified as follows, to wit, “ in the last of October or 1st of November in the year 1795, William Wasoñ and myself came out and cut logs for a cabin; we hauled the timber early in the spring of 1796; there was a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
This case differs in its features from any heretofore brought from that portion of this state, which unfortunately has been so productive of lawsuits, and the settlement of which has been so retarded by contests as to settlers.
Among the evils which have arisen from those contests, one, and not the least, is the destruction or perversion of moral principle, which is too often disclosed. Those who have a sense of the obligations of law and of religion, who would shudder at being told they were acting without regard to their duty to their…
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