Marcy v. Brock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, Jan. T., 1903, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Jan. T., 1903, No. 12, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William H. Marcy et al. v. Frank Brock et al. Ejectment for land in the borough of Warrior Run. Before Wheaton, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 12, Jan. T., 1903, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., Jan. T., 1903, No. 12, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William H. Marcy et al. v. Frank Brock et al. Ejectment for land in the borough of Warrior Run. Before Wheaton, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appealed. Error assigned among others were (1) in submitting the case to the jury; (13) that the verdict was against the evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb.. Justice Dean,
This was an action of ejectment in the court below, for twenty-three acres and forty-four perches of land in Hanover township, Luzerne county. It appeared from the evidence, that in 1802, Rufus Bennett, the elder, obtained from the commonwealth, by warrant, survey and patent a tract of land in Hanover township ; the survey and patent name the quantity as 323 acres *97and allowance; the tract in the survey and patent is described as part of lots Nos. 11, 12 and 28 in the first division of said township. The survey, actually, was made on the ground and there is standing…
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