Stewartson v. Watts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Susquehanna county. Thomas Stewartson surviving executor of Henry Drinker, deceased, against Andrew Watts. This was an action of ejectment for one hundred and eighteen acres of land.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Susquehanna county. Thomas Stewartson surviving executor of Henry Drinker, deceased, against Andrew Watts. This was an action of ejectment for one hundred and eighteen acres of land. The title to the land had been in Henry Drinker, the plaintiff’s testator, and his executors by deed dated the 3d of April 1812, conveyed it to Joseph Tanner, with this clause in the deed, “ to have and to hold the said land, &c. to the said Joseph Tanner, his heirs and assigns, subject to the payment of the said sum of twenty-eight hundred and four dollars and twenty-one cents,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
We perceive no error in admitting the testimony contained in the first and second bills of exceptions. When the testimony was received, there was some evidence, however slight, that at the time referred' to, William Drinker was employed by the executor as a general agent to collect all moneys belonging to the estate, and otherwise to superintend the estate of Henry Drinker, •deceased. To ascertain whether the purchase-money on the contracts for the Drinker land had been paid, he was the person to whom persons who were interested would…
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