Naglee v. Albright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought by William Albright, Samuel Albright by his committee William Albright, Michael Albright, and William Albright the younger, against Henry Naglee.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, to remove the record of an action of trespass quare clausum fregit, brought by William Albright, Samuel Albright by his committee William Albright, Michael Albright, and William Albright the younger, against Henry Naglee. The locus in quo was a lot of ground situate on the east side of .Schuylkill Seventh street, between Walnut-and- Locust streets, in the city of Philadelphia, the title to which was in dispute between thé plaintiffs and defendant. Both parties claimed under one Archibald Carr,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J. —
The points of law arising in this case may be more conveniently considered as they have been argued in this Court, than by taking up one by one the numerous subdivisions in which they present themselves in the defendants’ specification of errors.
1. It is insisted that the Court ought to have instructed the jury, that the sheriff’s deed not being recorded in the office for the recording of deeds, is void and insufficient as against subsequent purchasers. But it has always been held in the case of sheriffs’ deeds, that their acknowledgment…
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