Reed v. Dickey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ARMSTRONG county. William Reed, who survived Victor Dupont, assignees of Archibald AD Call, brought this ejectment against Archibald Dickey and William Dickey, to recover the possession of four hundred and twenty acres of land. On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence an agreement of February 1800, between Archibald Al’Call and Alexander Campbell, to be followed by proof that Campbell sold the land to Templeton, who sold to Archibald Dickey, one of the defendants.
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ARMSTRONG county. William Reed, who survived Victor Dupont, assignees of Archibald AD Call, brought this ejectment against Archibald Dickey and William Dickey, to recover the possession of four hundred and twenty acres of land. On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence an agreement of February 1800, between Archibald Al’Call and Alexander Campbell, to be followed by proof that Campbell sold the land to Templeton, who sold to Archibald Dickey, one of the defendants. The material part of the agreement is this. “ Witnesseth, that the said Alexander, for and in consideration of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
In this suit, which was an action of ejectment, the plaintiff offered in evidence, an article of agreement, dated the 2d of February 1800, between Archibald M’Call, under whom he claims, and Alexander Campbell, accompanied with an offer to show, that Campbell sold to Philip Templeton, who sold to Archibald Dickey, one of the defendants. The testimony was objected to, on two grounds. First, that the agreement was not duly proved, and secondly, that testimony ought previously to have been given of an improvement and settlement of Campbell,…
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