Ruby v. Glenn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Cumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by John Glenn, Esq. against Samuel Ruby. The parties agree to the following facts, and that they be considered in the nature of a special verdict, upon which the court will render a judgment, with leave to either party to sue out a writ of error.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Cumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by John Glenn, Esq. against Samuel Ruby. The parties agree to the following facts, and that they be considered in the nature of a special verdict, upon which the court will render a judgment, with leave to either party to sue out a writ of error. Previously to the 13th of August 1837, John H'ogue Waugh was the owner and seised in fee of the one undivided fifth part of fifty acres of land, in Silverspring township, Cumberland county, bounded by Samuel Senseman, Daniel Keller, Conrod Emminger, Jacob Gleim and Jacob…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The recording acts do not apply to a case like the present. By the act of 1814, the estate of the insolvent is vested, immediately on his discharge, in the trustees, not by virtue of his *79assignment, but by the express provisions of the act. In.many instances the trustees first appointed, neglect or refuse to qualify themselves by giving security and acquire, no title. The court has then power to substitute others, who are subjected to the same condition of giving bond, and when this is done, they become vested with the estate, not by any…
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