Carkhuff v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
r-g-Nj|IS was an appeal from the decision of the Chief Jusóce at a Circuit Court for Luzerne in June 1809. A judgmentin Uen”on¿eveiyIS * kind of equitable vefte^lbi'the" ’ debtor at tire judgment; Held therefore to of a Connecticut settler inland within the Seventeen Towns, who wasintitled by the act of 1799 to obtain a patent upon no'uie, ^utTds1 assignee, after and the^s'aleT complied with the terms, and then for the tf'St d™ie°con formation.
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r-g-Nj|IS was an appeal from the decision of the Chief Jusóce at a Circuit Court for Luzerne in June 1809. A judgmentin Uen”on¿eveiyIS * kind of equitable vefte^lbi'the" ’ debtor at tire judgment; Held therefore to of a Connecticut settler inland within the Seventeen Towns, who wasintitled by the act of 1799 to obtain a patent upon no'uie, ^utTds1 assignee, after and the^s'aleT complied with the terms, and then for the tf'St d™ie°con formation. The copy of a tier’s deed deposited accordgembly in the land office, is, the seal and sigMtUVr officer as°good°evi-1’ dence as the original would be.…
1Opinion of the Court
Tixghman C. J.
There is one point in this cause on which I shall give ho opinion, because I gave an opinion on the trial in the Circuit Court; that is to say, whether the copy of a deed from William Craig to the defendant, certified under the hand and official seal of the secretar}' of the land office, the original being deposited in the said office according to the provision of an act of assembly, was legal evidence? My opinion was, that it was evidence.
But on the principal point of the cause, which is of considerable importance to the people of Luzerne county, I gave no opinion on the trial;…
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