Caufman v. Presbyterian Congregation of Cedar Spring
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. ERROR to the Common Pleas of Mifflin county. It was an ejectment by the Presbyterian Congregation Cedar Spring avainst Caafman: for 200 acres of land, as to * a ° J ' 7 99 acres of which he took defence, under the circum- ’ stances detailed in the opinions of this Court. The case was here argued at the last June Term, upon exceptions to the .opinion of the Court below in admitting testimony, and in their charge to the jury, all of which distinctly appear hereafter.
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The Presbyterian Congregation of Cedar Spring, were plaintiffs below, and obtained a verdict and judgment. In the course of the trial exceptions were taken to the plaintiffs* evidence, and to the charge of the Court. It will be necessary to state the evidence, in order to understand the points in controversy. So early as the year 1763, the plaintiffs began to build a church on that part of the land now claimed by them, which is not in dispute. The settlement having been broken up by the Indian war, the building of the church was- suspended and not resumed till the year 1767,…
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