Eberts v. Eberts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Oarlon county. . In the court below, Jonas Eberts and Jacob Garber, and Lavina his wife, in. her right, on the 20th of January 1865, brought an action of ejectment against Joseph Eberts and others, executors, &c., of Jacob Eberts, deceased, for a tract of land containing 150 acres.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Oarlon county. . In the court below, Jonas Eberts and Jacob Garber, and Lavina his wife, in. her right, on the 20th of January 1865, brought an action of ejectment against Joseph Eberts and others, executors, &c., of Jacob Eberts, deceased, for a tract of land containing 150 acres. The land in dispute was originally the property of George Giffie, who died about the year 1811, leaving three children, daughters, who were then minors under the age of 14 years; one of whom, named Lydia, was afterwards married to Jacob Eberts, the defendants’ testator. On the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 13th 1867, by
Thompson, J.
— The 1st and 2d assignments of error relate to the reception in evidence of the exemplifications of certain records therein set forth. It is too well settled to need a reference to authorities to prove that the admissibility of such copies is to be determined alone by the official certificate. If that purports that an exemplification is a full and entire copy of the record, as fully as the same remains in the office, it must be admitted: Edmiston v. Schwartz, 13 S. & R. 135; Voris v. Smith, Id. 334; and Harper v. The…
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