Hoffman v. Bell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Elk county: No. 335, to January Term 1869. In the court below Charles Bell, on the 5th of December 1866, brought an action of ejectment against Henry Hoffman and twelve others for 550 acres of land in Benzinger township, part of warrant 4883. The case came on for trial on the 15th of January 1869, before Williams, Additional Law Judge.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Elk county: No. 335, to January Term 1869. In the court below Charles Bell, on the 5th of December 1866, brought an action of ejectment against Henry Hoffman and twelve others for 550 acres of land in Benzinger township, part of warrant 4883. The case came on for trial on the 15th of January 1869, before Williams, Additional Law Judge. The plaintiff gave in evidence warrant No. 4883 of February 3d 1794 to W. Willink and others for 900 acres; survey July 8th to Willink and others, under this warrant for 1023 acres; assessment for year 1818 in Shippen…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 11th 1869, by
Sharswood, J.
There is one question presented upon this record, the determination of which, according to the view we take of it, dispenses with the examination in detail of the errors assigned. Did the plaintiff below give in evidence such a primfi facie title as was sufficient to put the defendant upon proof of a better one ? It must be admitted that if he did, the defendants failed, according to the verdict of the jury, to show any right to the possession. With a perfectly good title, as it would seem, to a tract numbered 4886, they…
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