Baskin v. Seechrist
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Court of Common Pleas of Union county. July 5. This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land, in Chapman township, Union county, containing one hundred and fifty acres, brought by John Baskin and John Snyder, against Michael Seechrist.
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In error from the Court of Common Pleas of Union county. July 5. This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land, in Chapman township, Union county, containing one hundred and fifty acres, brought by John Baskin and John Snyder, against Michael Seechrist. On the trial of the cause in the court below, before Wilson, P. J., the plaintiffs proved, that for the land claimed by them in this suit, Joseph Van Gundy obtained a patent from Penn, on the 16th of April, 1776. On the 18th of April, 1776, Joseph Van Gundy mortgaged four tracts of' land, in which was included the tract in controversy,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, J,
Though five errors are Specially assigned upon the record, the case resolves itself into but two questions,, and it was accordingly no treated in the argument.' The first of these, whether the defect apparent upon the face of the plaintiff’s supposed title can be' cured by presuming the existence of a petition and order of the Court of Common Pleas, regularly rendered, authorizing* the conveyance made by Andrew Albright, as sheriff, to Patrick Goulding, was considered by th'e court when the case was before it on a former 'occasion, 7 Watts & Serg. 408; and it was then settled that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Taylor v. DoughertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Hockenbury v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Boyer v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Boyer v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Woods v. LaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1815
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- Hasson v. KleeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Ward v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Hinderman v. FisherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910