Cooper v. Williamson

*214Opinion op the Court by

Judge Quin

Affirming.

The superiority of title to a tract of sixty-three acres of land is the single issue presented by this, appeal. Both sides to this controversy claim under a patent .from the Commonwealth to Henry Smith, dated .July 8, 1850, but here their respective claims diverge.

Appellees’ title. After patentee’s death suit was filed by his administrator for a settlement of his estate; in this suit the property involved was sold by the master commissioner under order of court and Benjamin Williamson became the purchaser. The commissioner’s deed dated October 9,…