Jourdan v. Jourdan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester eounty, in an ejectment brought by John Jourdan, the plaintiff below, against Hugh Jourdan, the defendant below, and plaintiff in error, tried before Hallowell, President, who, with the associate Justices of Chester county, held a special court for the trial of causes in which DARLINGTON,' President, had been of counsel.
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IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester eounty, in an ejectment brought by John Jourdan, the plaintiff below, against Hugh Jourdan, the defendant below, and plaintiff in error, tried before Hallowell, President, who, with the associate Justices of Chester county, held a special court for the trial of causes in which DARLINGTON,' President, had been of counsel. In the court below, a verdict and judgment were had for the plaintiff, and several exceptions on points of evidence, were taken by the defendant, The bill of exceptions stated, that the plaintiff gave in evidence, deeds…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
This is an ejectmént for a tract of land in Chester County, brought by John Jourdan, the defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, against Hugh Jourdan. On the trial in the Court of Common Pleas, the defendant offered sundry matters, both written and parol, in evidence, which were rejected by the court, whereupon the counsel for the defendant excepted to their opinion;
1st. The first evidence rejected, was a deed from John Jour-dan, Senr., and Sarah his wife, to their son Hugh Jourdan, the defendant, for the land in dispute; which was…
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