Wright v. Wood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Bucks county. This was an action of ejectment brought in August, 1849, in which William Wood was plaintiff, and Robert Wright defendant, to recover the whole of a tract of 164. acres of land situate in Bristol township, Bucks county. The plaintiff claimed under deeds from children of Jane Yanschuyver, executed respectively in October, 1846, in.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Bucks county. This was an action of ejectment brought in August, 1849, in which William Wood was plaintiff, and Robert Wright defendant, to recover the whole of a tract of 164. acres of land situate in Bristol township, Bucks county. The plaintiff claimed under deeds from children of Jane Yanschuyver, executed respectively in October, 1846, in. December, 1846, and on 3d January, 1847. The defendant, on the ground of the illegitimacy of Jane Yanschuyver, claimed under a deed of William Sisom and wife and Martha Toombs, to William F. Swift, dated 17th March, 1818,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Knox, J.
There is no force in the objection made to the recep*130tion of the depositions taken under a commission issued to Chamberlain Clark of Rochester, New York.
The commission was joint and several, and the return shows that it was executed by Clark, one of the commissioners, and regularly returned in an envelope, sealed with his seal as commissioner. The commission authorized Clark to take the testimony, and he certifies that the witnesses were produced, sworn, and examined by virtue of the commission. This is all that the law requires.
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