Goundie v. Northampton Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Lehigh. Dee. 20, 21. Ejectment by defendants in error. — The title exhibited by the plaintiffs below was the will of James Allen in 1778, by which he devised certain pieces of land, including the premises in question, according to the verdict of the jury, to his daughter Margaret, wife of William Tilghman; to his son James, and his daughters Ann- and Mary, he gave other specific property, and the residue of«his estate among his children…
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In error from the Common Pleas of Lehigh. Dee. 20, 21. Ejectment by defendants in error. — The title exhibited by the plaintiffs below was the will of James Allen in 1778, by which he devised certain pieces of land, including the premises in question, according to the verdict of the jury, to his daughter Margaret, wife of William Tilghman; to his son James, and his daughters Ann- and Mary, he gave other specific property, and the residue of«his estate among his children equally. In May, 1798, William Tilghman and wife, Ann Allen, and H. Livingston and his wife Mary, late Allen, joined in an…
1Opinion of the CourtCoulter, J.
There is nothing in the first bill of exceptions to evidence. The deeds therein mentioned were properly admitted. The objection made by the defendant, that they were not relative or pertinent to the issue, is not sustained in point of fact; because they are material in making out the chain of title, by which the claim of the plaintiff below is sustained. The argument of the counsel for the plaintiff in error here, was as to the legal effect of the deed when connected with other facts. But whatever that might be was a matter of law, subject to instructions from the court when the whole case…
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