Innis v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Circuit Court, held by Gibson, C. J., in Mifflin . county. The original action was an ejectment in the' Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county for a tract of land in Lark township, containing two hundred and five acres, or thereabouts, brought by Jllexander Innis and Rebecca, his wife, and James M‘Kennan and Margery, his wife, against John Campbell and David W. Huling. The evidence given on the trial was long, and somewhat complicated.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court, held by Gibson, C. J., in Mifflin . county. The original action was an ejectment in the' Court of Common Pleas of Mifflin county for a tract of land in Lark township, containing two hundred and five acres, or thereabouts, brought by Jllexander Innis and Rebecca, his wife, and James M‘Kennan and Margery, his wife, against John Campbell and David W. Huling. The evidence given on the trial was long, and somewhat complicated. It is sufficient, in order to understand the decision of the court, to state, that the plaintiffs asserted a legal title to the premises,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
My remarks shall be confined to the only part of the case that affords a pretext for an argument. An exception to the admission of Andrew Wallace’s deed, was in fact not taken; but, as it was omitted in consequence of a suggestion of the judge, that the defendant would have the benefit of his objection in another way, he ought to have the benefit of it here. The execution of this deed was not proved, and it was undoubtedly inadmissible. But an undisturbed adverse possession of twenty-nine years preceding the trial, and twenty-four…
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