Grant v. Levan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. Jan. 5, 6, 7, and 8. This was an ejectment for seventeen forty-fourth parts of ten tracts of land in Schuylkill county; the plaintiffs claiming under Robert Martin and his heirs, and the defendants under Robert Morris. The main points of the cause were, whether Martin or Morris had the original title, and whether there was evidence that Martin’s title had passed to Morris.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. Jan. 5, 6, 7, and 8. This was an ejectment for seventeen forty-fourth parts of ten tracts of land in Schuylkill county; the plaintiffs claiming under Robert Martin and his heirs, and the defendants under Robert Morris. The main points of the cause were, whether Martin or Morris had the original title, and whether there was evidence that Martin’s title had passed to Morris. The plaintiffs gave in evidence certified copies of the warrants, dated January 12, 1793, and surveys in May, in the names of Irwine, Weed, Cook et al. Also, an office…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
The plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs below, and brought this ejectment for four thousand three hundred and sixty-six acres of land, surveyed on ten adjoining warrants in the names of Robert Martin and others, dated the 12th of January, 1793, and surveyed by William Wheeler, deputy-surveyor of Berks county, (now Schuylkill county,) on the 21st, 22d, 23d, and 24th days of May, 1793. The plaintiffs claimed under Robert Martin, and the defendants under Robert Morris. To prove that Robert *418Martin was the owner of the warrants and surveys in question, the record shows that Robert Martin had filed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Plumstead's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1818
- Darnes v. WelshSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1821
- M'Donald v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1816
3Cited by3 opinions
- Penrose v. Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Harris v. DacusSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
- Rice v. Ford, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County1954