Montgomery v. Meredith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Luzerne county. This was an action of ejectment by Maria Meredith v. John Montgomery, to April T. 1849, for a tract of land of 400 acres, warranted in the name of Elizabeth Clark; 140 acres of which it was admitted lay in the township of Oarbondale, and the balance in Jefferson township, Luzerne county.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Luzerne county. This was an action of ejectment by Maria Meredith v. John Montgomery, to April T. 1849, for a tract of land of 400 acres, warranted in the name of Elizabeth Clark; 140 acres of which it was admitted lay in the township of Oarbondale, and the balance in Jefferson township, Luzerne county. Maria Meredith, the plaintiff below, claimed under Thomas Meredith, who purchased two hundred acres from the Hossacks, by deed for land lying in Oarbondale township; this vested in her the original title to that part of the tract. The fact was also admitted, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rogkers, J.
The title under which plaintiff claims is a perfect legal title, and if there is nothing more in the case, she is entitled to recover. This is conceded; but defendant contends, that as to one hundred and forty acres, part of the tract of four hundred acres in the warrantee .name of Elizabeth Clark, situated and assessed in Carbondale township, the title of plaintiff is divested by a sale for taxes, the title for the same being by several mesne conveyances vested in him. This title is also admitted to be regular in every respect, except in…
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