Quin v. Brady
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR, to the Common Pleas of Westmoreland county. Hugh Y. Brady against James Quin. This was an action of ejectment. The points made in the court below and the opinion of his Honour Judge White, who tried the cause, are fully stated in the opinion of this court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
H. Y. Brady, the plaintiff below, gave in evidence a patent to himself, dated 22d October 1823, for the land in question, about 30 acres; a warrant to himself, dated 12th September 1823; and a survey thereon of the 6th October 1823, by Isaac Moore, deputy-surveyor. The defendant, Quin, gave in evidence a warrant for 400 acres to George Clark, dated the 8th February 1785, “ including his improvement interest from 1st March 1779,” on which a survey had been made on the 2d June 1787, of 429 acres, by John Moore, deputy-surveyor. It appeared in…
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