Morris's Lessee v. Vanderen
Supreme Court of the United States
Several points of evidence were determined in this cause ; which was an Ejectment, brought for the recovery of a lot on the west side of Second street, in Philadelphia. 1. The plaintiff, in order to show that the persons under whom he claimed were original purchasers from William Penn, the proprietary, offered in evidence a paper from the proprietary’s (or rather surveyor-general’s) office, containing the list of names of such persons as were original purchasers ; and…
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Several points of evidence were determined in this cause ; which was an Ejectment, brought for the recovery of a lot on the west side of Second street, in Philadelphia. 1. The plaintiff, in order to show that the persons under whom he claimed were original purchasers from William Penn, the proprietary, offered in evidence a paper from the proprietary’s (or rather surveyor-general’s) office, containing the list of names of such persons as were original purchasers ; and therein were the names of those from whom the plaintiff derived his title. It was objected to, because the deeds themselves…
1Opinion of the Court
McKean, C. J.,
in his charge to the jury, laid down the following positions:—
The recital of one deed in another deed, is no evidence but against the party claiming under it. Vaugh. 74 ; Gilb. L. Ev. 99. (a)
The statute of 32 Hen. VIII, c. 9, against embracery, does not make void the contract; notwithstanding the cases in Hawk. 249; Carth. 251; 2 Black. 290; for those cases extend only to contracts where no penalties are in- • dieted.
The statute of 32 Hen. VIII, c. 9, is not in force in Pennsylvania; nor is the 21 Jac. I, c. 16, but the statute of limitations of 32 Hen. VlII., c. 2, is in force…
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