Lessee of Biddle v. Dougal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. ^T^HIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas oí North-1 ' , , , A umber land county. . c . ,, It was an ejectment for sixty-eight acres or land, withm tjje purchase of 1768, to which the plaintiff claimed title under a lottery application of the 3d of April 1769, No. 657, jn t¡le name of Philip Harding, for 300 acres of land upon r , r , , . C/nhsquaque creek, about three miles from the mouth, m t^e forks 0f Susquehanna.
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IN ERROR. ^T^HIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas oí North-1 ' , , , A umber land county. . c . ,, It was an ejectment for sixty-eight acres or land, withm tjje purchase of 1768, to which the plaintiff claimed title under a lottery application of the 3d of April 1769, No. 657, jn t¡le name of Philip Harding, for 300 acres of land upon r , r , , . C/nhsquaque creek, about three miles from the mouth, m t^e forks 0f Susquehanna. Upon this a survey was made i » the 15th of May 1772 of 301 acres of land, about one mile from Chilisquaque creek, in the forks of Susquehanna It 1 / 7 1 was…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This case appears to have been very warmly contested in the Court of Common Pleas. The opinion of the court was asked on no less than eleven points on the part of the plaintiff, and on four on the part of the defendant. However, as the opinions delivered on most of these points, have been acquiesced in, it is unnecessary to decide on any other questions than those which have been argued in this court.
The plaintiff claims under a location entered by Philip Harding, the 3d of April 1769, No. 657. A survey of 301 acres was made on this location the 15th of May 1772, which was…
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