Lessee of Elliot v. Bonnet
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ejectment for lands in Providence township, brought to November term 1793. The facts on each side turned out in evidence as follows : ■ The plaintiff claimed under an ancient settlement and improvement, made near the head of the Snake Spring, begun in 1754 by Thomas Croyle, and continued by him and those who held under him, whenever the state of the country would admit of it, until December 1788. Valuable improvements were made on the land, as well by buildings as otherwise.
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Ejectment for lands in Providence township, brought to November term 1793. The facts on each side turned out in evidence as follows : ■ The plaintiff claimed under an ancient settlement and improvement, made near the head of the Snake Spring, begun in 1754 by Thomas Croyle, and continued by him and those who held under him, whenever the state of the country would admit of it, until December 1788. Valuable improvements were made on the land, as well by buildings as otherwise. In June 1762, Croyle sent his son with money to the secretary oí the land office, with directions to procure a warrant…
1Opinion of the Court
The practice before the revolution was as follows : A person at that time, who had a warrant or order for 300 acres of land, was by the practice of the office, and instructions* of the surveyor, entitled to 10 per cent., beyond the usual allowance of 6 per cent, for roads, besides the quantity mentioned in his warrant or order, and might demand of the deputy surveyor to survey on his warrant or order of 300 acres, 330 acres and allowance for roads, provided there was no opposing claim of a third person before the survey was made. But if there was any such opposing title before the survey was…
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