Wack v. Sorber
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Le-high County, to remove the record of an action of ejectment brought by Charles Sorber against John Wack, to'recover two acres arid five perches of land, situate in Maccungy township, Lehigh county.
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This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Le-high County, to remove the record of an action of ejectment brought by Charles Sorber against John Wack, to'recover two acres arid five perches of land, situate in Maccungy township, Lehigh county. On the trial before Barks, President, in September, 1836,, the plaintiff gave in evidence a patent from the commonwealth, to Henry Romig for one hundred and forty-four acres, dated May 31st, 1788; a deed from Henry Romig and wife to Henry Reichart, dated April 20th, 1830, for two acres and five perches, (being the land in dispute,) for-…
1Per curiam
The law of the case was fairly stated. There was scarce sufficient evidence of a contract to be left to the jury. But, permitting them to find a parol gift, if they should think proper, they were directed to inquire whether, as an inducement to expenditure, the gift had been, in fact, a prejudice to the donee. This put the cause on its true point. The improvements, as they are called, were at most equal in value only to a year’s rent, and the donee had the premises five years. Beside the improvements were not such as added to the permanent value of the land, consisting, as they did, in…
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