Henry v. Huff
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 377 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 143 February Term 1885, C. P. On January 27, 1885, Sarah Henry and others brought ejectment against John W. Huff, and Charles D. Huff, for eighteen acres of land in Kingston township. The defendants pleaded not gnilty, but subsequently Charles D. Huff filed a disclaimer of title.
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No. 377 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 143 February Term 1885, C. P. On January 27, 1885, Sarah Henry and others brought ejectment against John W. Huff, and Charles D. Huff, for eighteen acres of land in Kingston township. The defendants pleaded not gnilty, but subsequently Charles D. Huff filed a disclaimer of title. At the trial on December 8, 1890, it was admitted that Elisha Atherton had title, on December 30, 1847, to the whole of certified lot No. 26, in Kingston township, of which the land in dispute was a part. The plaintiffs, by various wills and deeds, traced title…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams:
The lines of certified lot No. 26 in Kingston township, Luzerne county, are not in controversy in this case. The lot is forty-six rods wide and about two miles long,' extending from the Susquehanna river, in a westerly direction, to the top of the mountain. On the side of the mountain, near the middle of the tract, is a piece of woodland, containing about eighteen acres, which is the subject of dispute.
On the trial in the court below the plaintiffs showed title to the whole of lot No. 26 in Elisha Atherton, traced that title from him to themselves, and rested. The…
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