Anderson v. Keim
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Somerset county. Espy L. Anderson against John Keim and others. This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Somerset county. Espy L. Anderson against John Keim and others. This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land. The plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant to Alexander Bingham, dated the 12th of March 1786, descriptive of the land, upon which a survey was made the 16'th of May 1786, of 386 acres and allow-' .anee; and in order to deduce the title down to himself, he offered in evidence, “ a certified'copy of purchase voucher, No. 1121, together with a certified copy of the purchase blotter, No. 1121, and the original receipt of Francis Johnston,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
In this case, some questions of evidence arose on points, which we supposed were settled by general usage, by decisions of this court, and by act of assembly.
It is too late to inquire whether the Penn family, or since their day, the state, adopted the best mode of selling their lands. And it would do no good, but be productive of much injustice, to enter into the question, whether the mode of keeping the books of the land office, was such as every individual would have adopted, or is prepared now to approve. It is, however, I believe, true,…
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