Lessee of Dawson v. Morris
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ejecthent for a messuage and lot of ground on the north side of Filbert street and west side of Delaware Thirteenth street. It was admitted, that Jacob Grubb was seised of the premises, and that they .were sold under a regular judgment and execu tion.
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Ejecthent for a messuage and lot of ground on the north side of Filbert street and west side of Delaware Thirteenth street. It was admitted, that Jacob Grubb was seised of the premises, and that they .were sold under a regular judgment and execu tion. On the 22d April 1799, Jonathan Penrose, esq. sheriff, conveyed the same to John Knight now deceased, in consideration *of $215, and the deed was acknowledged in open r* court on the 2d June 1800. On the 24th July 1799, a *- 34 rule of the Court of Common Pleas was obtained, that John Knight should shew cause why the sale should not be set aside…
1Opinion of the CourtYeates, J.
The cases cited, that the judgment of a court having competent jurisdiction of the subject matter, is final and conclusive on the question immediately decided, do not appear ^ -, *to me to be analogous to the case before, the court. 343J Under the act of 1705, §4, the sheriff is directed “to “ give the buyer of lands a deed duly executed and acknowledg-. “ ed, as had theretofore been used upon the sheriff’s sale of “lands.” x Dali. St. Laws 69. The point decided in the Common Pleas was, that the sheriff’s deed should be admitted to be acknowledged; and the act of the court gave the deed no…
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