Chahoon v. Hollenback
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county. The suit was an ejectment brought by John Hollenback, the defendant in error and plaintiff below, against George Chahoon, Ziba Davenport, Sarah M‘Coy, and James M'Coy, the plaintiffs in error and defendants below, to recover about half an acre of land in the said county, in which a verdict and judgment*were rendered in the court below for the plaintiff.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county. The suit was an ejectment brought by John Hollenback, the defendant in error and plaintiff below, against George Chahoon, Ziba Davenport, Sarah M‘Coy, and James M'Coy, the plaintiffs in error and defendants below, to recover about half an acre of land in the said county, in which a verdict and judgment*were rendered in the court below for the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Hollenback, claimed the title of one Thomas Duane, under a sheriff’s deed, executed in pursuance of the following proceedings. A suit was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
Under the Susquehannah Company, the title to the premises was in Gore,, from whom Duane acquired an equitable title by a parol contract in part executed by delivery of possession, and payment of a portion of the.purchase mon'ey. When the Connecticut claimants came to receive their titles from Pennsylvania, Gore, by agreement with Duane, obtained the patent in his own name, but in fact, as a trustee for Duane. The plaintiff below claims as a purchaser of the equitable title of Duane, at sheriff’s sale; and Chahoon, under whom the other…
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