Bigler v. Karns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Mercer county. William Karns against Jacob Bigler. This cause was so imperfectly exhibited as to be almost unintelligible: but it appeared to be an action of ejectment for 100 acres of land, part of lot No. 681, of 200 acres, in the fourth Donation District.
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ERROR to the District Court of Mercer county. William Karns against Jacob Bigler. This cause was so imperfectly exhibited as to be almost unintelligible: but it appeared to be an action of ejectment for 100 acres of land, part of lot No. 681, of 200 acres, in the fourth Donation District. The plaintiff called Samuel White, who testified that “he went on the land in 1827 by virtue of a transfer from William Karns of a treasurer’s title, and a deed from Karns to him for 100 acres of lot No. 681 in the fourth district.” The plaintiff then offered in evidence a treasurer’s deed dated.the 11th of…
1Opinion of the Court
*138The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
— After a variety of legislation on the subject of assessing taxes on wild and uncultivated land, and selling such lands for the unpaid taxes, none of which, so far as we know, ever was held to make a good title to the purchaser, the legislature, on the 3d of April 1804, passed an Act directing the mode of selling unseated lands for taxes. It may be sufficient to say, that so many requisites were prescribed by that Act, of most of which no record was directed or made, that no purchaser of lands sold under that law could ever make out a title,…
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