Blackmore v. Gregg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. Thomas Blackmore and Jacob Poth against Oliver Ormsby Gregg and Christian Ihmsen. This was an action of ejectment for the third part of thirty acres of land opposite Pittsburgh. A verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff for one-fourth part of the premises; and a writ of error was sued out by each party.
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ERROR to the District Court of Allegheny county. Thomas Blackmore and Jacob Poth against Oliver Ormsby Gregg and Christian Ihmsen. This was an action of ejectment for the third part of thirty acres of land opposite Pittsburgh. A verdict and judgment were rendered for the plaintiff for one-fourth part of the premises; and a writ of error was sued out by each party. Mrs Jane Ormsby died seised of a tract of land containing sixty or seventy acres on the bank of the Monongahela, between the bridge and Birmingham. She left four children (or their representatives), who, after the death of their…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The Act of 26th of March 1785 has been considered as our Statute of Limitations, in respect to real estate, as well for rights accruing by descent, as by other means of acquisition. It has uniformly been the guide on the subject, and estates have been adjusted and divided according to the tenor of its provisions. Its enactments are clear and positive: they embrace rights descended or accrued, and apply to those derived from ancestors and predecessors; and its title is, an Act for the limitation of actions to be brought for the inheritance…
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