Heirs of Stephen Hinds v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Mifflin, being a special court held by President Hepburn. May 25. This was an action of ejectment brought by the heirs of Stephen Hinds against Scott and Bell. The plaintiffs proved title to have been in George Bell, against whom a judgment was entered by E. L. Benedict on the 24th September, 1829, as of November Term' in that year.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Mifflin, being a special court held by President Hepburn. May 25. This was an action of ejectment brought by the heirs of Stephen Hinds against Scott and Bell. The plaintiffs proved title to have been in George Bell, against whom a judgment was entered by E. L. Benedict on the 24th September, 1829, as of November Term' in that year. Upon this judgment there was issued a fi. fa. to November Term, 1830, which was' returned levied on the land in controversy; inquisition held and property condemned, December 4th, 1834. On the 8th December, 1834, a ven. ex. number 38,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of this court was delivered by
Bell, J.
The sheriff’s deed, offered in evidence by the plaintiffs, was objected to and rejected on two grounds: first, because it was not shown the officer had authority to make sale of the land he professed to convey; and, secondly, that the lien of the judgment, upon which the process offered was founded, had expired by lapse of time. As the latter objection goes to the very root of the plaintiffs’ title, it will be convenient first to consider it.
The land in dispute was sold by the sheriff, as the property of George Bell 2d, and, for the purposes…
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