Lance's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county. In Equity. This was a bill brought, March 24th 1863, by Jameson Harvey against William Lance.
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county. In Equity. This was a bill brought, March 24th 1863, by Jameson Harvey against William Lance. The complainant alleged that he was seised in fee of a certain tract of land in Plymouth township, Luzerne county, containing about 320 acres, that the defendant was the lessee of one Freeman Thomas and had claimed and exercised the rights and privileges of Thomas on the complainant’s land before mentioned ; that Thomas, under the Act of May 5th 1832, on the Gth of August 1834, presented a petition to the Court of Common Pleas of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 13th 1867, by
Thompson, J.
— In January 1865 a decree was made in this case by the learned judge of the 12th Judicial District, holding a special court, after hearing on bill, answer and proofs against the defendant, covering pretty much the entire ground claimed for relief by the plaintiff’s bill; from which decree this appeal was taken by the defendant.
The learned judge filed with the decree an elaborate and able opinion, both on the law and the facts. But as the case had not been sifted by a master, we referred it to one appointed by us, with…
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