Lanning v. London
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
Ejectment for lands lying in Luzerne county [brought by Lanning against I. London, Samuel Perris, John Perris, and Moses Dolph]. The lessor of the plaintiff claimed under an application made on the 11th of October, 1792, in the name of Seth Pearce, .•and a warrant founded thereon, dated the 16th, for four hundred acres of land, including Lackawanna river, and adjoining land ■granted this day to David Brown, in Lu-zerne county.
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Ejectment for lands lying in Luzerne county [brought by Lanning against I. London, Samuel Perris, John Perris, and Moses Dolph]. The lessor of the plaintiff claimed under an application made on the 11th of October, 1792, in the name of Seth Pearce, .•and a warrant founded thereon, dated the 16th, for four hundred acres of land, including Lackawanna river, and adjoining land ■granted this day to David Brown, in Lu-zerne county. The purchase money was paid on the 10th of April, 1793, and the survey was made on the 27th of August following. Patent to Joseph Thomas, (from whom a regular title was…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, Circuit Justice
(charging the jury). The plaintiff’s title is all in paper, and independent of extraneous objections, it appears to be unexceptionable: An application on the 11th of October, 1792, in the name of Seth Pearce, for four hundred acres of land in Luzerne county, including Lackawanna river, adjoining land granted this day to David Brown. This is one of a series of applications, to the number of sixteen, commencing with one in the name of Thomas Brown, for four hundred acres, including the Lackawanna river, adjoining Thomas Ryerson, four miles above Trip’s flat, in Luzerne county. The other…
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