Eakin v. Raub
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, in an action of ejectment brought by James Eakin and James and Jinn Simpson, against Daniel Raub, Edmund Porter, Samuel Sitgreaves, Hugh Ross, John Lippens, and John Ross, to recover a moiety of certain lots in the borough of Ras-ión.
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IN ERROR. Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton county, in an action of ejectment brought by James Eakin and James and Jinn Simpson, against Daniel Raub, Edmund Porter, Samuel Sitgreaves, Hugh Ross, John Lippens, and John Ross, to recover a moiety of certain lots in the borough of Ras-ión. The record was returned unaccompanied by any bill of exceptions or statement of facts, except that contained in the charge delivered to the jury by the president of the court below, which was as follows: Chahge. “ Doctor Andrew Ledlie claimed No. 79, under a ground rent deed from the…
1Opinion of the Court
On this day the judges delivered their opinions seriatim.
Tilghman, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment for four lots in the borough of Easton, in Northampton county, distinguished on the plot of the town, by the numbers 77, 78, 79, and SO. The plaintiffs claimed an undivided moiety of the said lots, and made title under the will of Dr. Andrew Ledlie, deceased. The principal question in the cause was, whether the plaintiffs, who resided in Ireland, were barred of their action, by the act of limitations, passed the 26th of March, 1785, and the supplement thereto, passed the 15th of March, 1815.…
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