Evans v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THE plaintiff brought an action against the Common- ^ Court Common Pleas of Luzerne county, for compensation under the act for offering compensation to the Pennsylvania claimants of lands within the seventeen townships of Luzerne county, passed the 4th April, 1799, r -r , and its supplements, tor certain lands certified to Connecticut claimants under the provisions of that act.
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In Error. THE plaintiff brought an action against the Common- ^ Court Common Pleas of Luzerne county, for compensation under the act for offering compensation to the Pennsylvania claimants of lands within the seventeen townships of Luzerne county, passed the 4th April, 1799, r -r , and its supplements, tor certain lands certified to Connecticut claimants under the provisions of that act. For the purpose of deriving title under Pennsylvania to the land f, r , , , . , for which he claimed compensation, he proved that a pa-was issued to Edward Lynch; that Lynch conveyed to James Guest; that…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
did not hear the argument and gave no opinion.
The opinion of the Court was- delivered by
Gibson J.
The single question for our decision is, whether the deed, as acknowledged, be sufficient to pass the estate of Anne Coe in the land conveyed; and I am decidedly of opinion it is not. Watson v. Bailey is the leading case on the subject, and from the principles established by it, I am unwilling to depart. It was there decided, that the substantial requisites by which the interests of married women were intended to be protected, should appear on the face of the certificate of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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