Strimpfler v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was an action of ejectment by Algernon S. Eoberts, Edward Roberts, and Henry K. Strong, against John Strimpfler, James Shoemaker, John A. Bechtel, and Jacob C. Bickelman, brought to March Term, 1851. ■Verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was an action of ejectment by Algernon S. Eoberts, Edward Roberts, and Henry K. Strong, against John Strimpfler, James Shoemaker, John A. Bechtel, and Jacob C. Bickelman, brought to March Term, 1851. ■Verdict was rendered for the plaintiffs. It was brought to recover 85 acres of land in Pinegrove township, Schuylkill county, and which, on the part of the plaintiffs, was alleged to be a part of 445 acres 120 perches of land, surveyed on a warrant of 5th May, 1794, to Sophia Myer for 400 acres. The plaintiffs claimed to recover under a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, was delivered by
Black, C. J.
A warrant for 445 acres and 120 perches, issued from the land office, in the name of Sophia Myer, on the 5th of May, 1794. A survey was made, including the land in dispute, on the 5th of January, and returned on the 10th of February, 1795. On the 10th of March, 1801, Sophia Myer conveyed to Cumberland Dugan, by deed poll of that date, and a patent was issued to Dugan the 1st of October, 1802. It appears from the blotters and vouchers in the land office, and the day-book of the Deceiver General, that this warrant, and thirty-five others,…
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