Shoenberger v. Lyon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. John H. Shoenberger and George K. Shoenberger against John Lyon, Anthony Shorb, David Stewart, William C. Stewart, and George Riter. This was an action of ejectment “ for 10 acres of land containing an ore-bank, situate in Warriors-mark township, Huntingdon county, called Guno ore-bank.”
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. John H. Shoenberger and George K. Shoenberger against John Lyon, Anthony Shorb, David Stewart, William C. Stewart, and George Riter. This was an action of ejectment “ for 10 acres of land containing an ore-bank, situate in Warriors-mark township, Huntingdon county, called Guno ore-bank.” And now, to wit, the 17th April 1838, a jury being sworn on the issue joined, return the following special verdict, that is to say, “ They find that on the 1st June 1812 John Gloninger & Co. conveyed the land in question to Daniel Beck, (reserving among other…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
Dr Peter Shoenberger, from whom the plaintiffs deduce their title, owned a moiety of Huntingdon Furnace, Sligo Forge, and the lands appurtenant, as well as a moiety of the ore reserved out of the grant of a tract of land by Gloninger & Co., under whom all parties claim, to one Beck; and the defendants owned a moiety. Dr Shoenberger owned also a third of Bald Eagle Furnace, of the Tyrone forges, and of the lands appurtenant ; of which the defendants owned two-thirds. The parties agreed to make partition of the whole, and to that end Dr…
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