Lewis v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Bradford county. This was an action of ejectment by Timothy H. Lewis against William T. Bradford, for a tract of land in Monroe township, containing 325 acres. The plaintiff, to maintain the issue on his part, gave in evidence as follows:— That in 1791 the land in controversy was occupied as a sugar-bush by one Jacob Bowman and one Stephen Strickland — that they continued so to occupy it for three years.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Bradford county. This was an action of ejectment by Timothy H. Lewis against William T. Bradford, for a tract of land in Monroe township, containing 325 acres. The plaintiff, to maintain the issue on his part, gave in evidence as follows:— That in 1791 the land in controversy was occupied as a sugar-bush by one Jacob Bowman and one Stephen Strickland — that they continued so to occupy it for three years. In February 1794 one Jacob Gibson moved on with his family, built a house, made sugar and began to clear land that spring; cleared and planted about 5 acres with…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
The plaintiff in this case showed an improvement by actual settlement on the land in question, regularly transmitted, and continued from 1794 till 1817. At this time an ejectment was served at the suit of William Potts on Daniel Gilbert. By the testimony in this case, Gilbert had sold to Lewis, in 1S14, and in the assessment of that year, the land is assessed to Lewis, and Gilbert removed to another lot a few miles distant. There was a recovery against Gilbert in that suit, in 1818, but no writ of possession. In 1830, a scire facias issued…
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