Coxe v. Blanden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the circuit court of Susquehanna county, held by Justice Rogers. These were actions of ejectment by Charles S. Coxe against’ Jonas Blanden and others, and against Isaac Post; in each of which: the same questions arose.
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APPEAL from the circuit court of Susquehanna county, held by Justice Rogers. These were actions of ejectment by Charles S. Coxe against’ Jonas Blanden and others, and against Isaac Post; in each of which: the same questions arose. The plaintiff, to maintain the issue on his part, gave in evidence:: 28th August 1787, warrant to Isaac Jones for four hundred acres-of land; 1st November 1787, survey of four hundred and thirty-seven-acres and two hundred and seventy-one perches and allowance; 1st December 1788, deed poll, Isaac Jones to Tench Coxe; 20th March 1801, deed, Tench Coxe to William…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
The report of the judge presents two points. 1. The sufficiency of the plaintiff’s title under the several conveyances of the trustees. 2. The supposed divesture of his title by the treasurer’s sales. The latter of these was reserved at the circuit in order to bring it without prejudice before the court in bank.
It is to be observed that this ejectment is not employed in the present instance, as it sometimes is in others, to perform the office of a bill in equity, and that involving no considerations arising out of the trust, it is strictly…
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- Jackson ex dem. Carman v. RoseveltNew York Supreme Court · 1816
- Erwin v. HelmSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1825
- Swartz v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1819
- Bogart v. NevinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1821
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