Dikeman v. Parrish
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Susquehanna county. July 12. This was an action of ejectment brought to recover three hundred and thirty-eight acres of land, in which Archippus Parrish was plaintiff, and Miles Dikeman, Asher B. Beamans, Tyler Carpenter, and Joel S. Tingley, were defendants.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Susquehanna county. July 12. This was an action of ejectment brought to recover three hundred and thirty-eight acres of land, in which Archippus Parrish was plaintiff, and Miles Dikeman, Asher B. Beamans, Tyler Carpenter, and Joel S. Tingley, were defendants. The case was tried at a special court, held by Anthony, P. J. On the trial, the plaintiff gave in evidence a warrant to Andrew Allen for three thousand acres of land, dated August 20, 1774, situated on the waters of the Meshoppen, and survey thereon, in September, 1775, for three thousand and…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
As a leading subject of inquiry, this record first presents the question, whether the plaintiff below exhibited such aprima facie title to the land in controversy; as put him in a position to call upon his adversary to show a better, in bar of his claim to recover the possession. The validity of the warrant and survey, by virtue of which an estate in three thousand acres, situate on the waters of the Meshoppen, was acquired by Andrew Allen and his associates, Benjamin Chew, Samuel Meredith, Edward Shippen, Joseph Shippcn, and Robert-Yfilson, is not questioned; nor is the fact disputed, that…
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