Stoever v. Lessee of Whitman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. __ r I THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Daug ... , A phlil COUUtj. tke lower Court it was an ejectment by the lessee of Whitman, to recover the possession of 12 acres 26 perches . , _ T , r r . . . oí land m the town ot Lebanon, tor a part ot which a verdiet and judgment were obtained by him; but in the course Qf the trial bills of exceptions were taken to the opinion of. , __ ...... ... that Court, which now came up with the record, and which, wi6i…
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IN ERROR. __ r I THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Daug ... , A phlil COUUtj. tke lower Court it was an ejectment by the lessee of Whitman, to recover the possession of 12 acres 26 perches . , _ T , r r . . . oí land m the town ot Lebanon, tor a part ot which a verdiet and judgment were obtained by him; but in the course Qf the trial bills of exceptions were taken to the opinion of. , __ ...... ... that Court, which now came up with the record, and which, wi6i all the material facts, are noticed in the opinion of the Chief Justice, J
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The first exception is to the admission of a paper purporting to be a copy of the registry of the German Reformed Congregation at Easton, mentioning the time of the death of Eleanor De Haas. This paper is under of the corporation, and certified to be a true copy by Jacob Arndt president, and Thomas Pomp secretary and preacher of the congregation.
I* *s enacted by the “ act for keeping a registry in reli- <■'. „j0lls societies,” passed in die year 1700, that “ the regis- ° , ... ...... “try kept by any religious society m their respective meet- “ ™8 book or books>of any marriage,…
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