Pattison v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Washington county. This was an action of ejectment by John Pattison against David Stewart and others, to recover a tract of 200 acres of land.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Washington county. This was an action of ejectment by John Pattison against David Stewart and others, to recover a tract of 200 acres of land. The plaintiff gave evidence to show that the title to the land in dispute was formerly in Denny M’Clure, who in 1832 or 1833 died, and John Gunn was appointed his administrator; that John M’Clure, his son, obtained a judgment against the administrator for a debt due him from Denny M’Clure before and at the time of the conveyance of the land in dispute to his sons, William and James M’Clure, on which an execution was sued…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The only question presented in this case is in regard to the validity of the deed of conveyance made by Denny M’Clure to William and James M’Clure, two of his sons, for the land in dispute, from whom the defendant bought and claims to hold it. The plaintiff claims the land as a purchaser thereof at a sheriff’s sale, made under a judgment and execution against the *74administrators of Denny M’Clure, for a debt owing by him to John .M’Clure, another son, before and at the time the father conveyed the land to William and James. The plaintiff, on…
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