Enslin v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
in ERROR. npijJIS was an action of ejectment in the Common Pleas I ~ . of Luzerne county, by the executory of Stewart against Lnslin, in which the jury found the following special verdict, “ The jury find and return the following special verdict: That on the 16th January 1800, Samuel Jameson, of the township of Newport, applied under the act of the 4th April 1799, entitled “ an act for offering compensation to the Penn- “ sylvania claimants of certain lands within the…
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in ERROR. npijJIS was an action of ejectment in the Common Pleas I ~ . of Luzerne county, by the executory of Stewart against Lnslin, in which the jury found the following special verdict, “ The jury find and return the following special verdict: That on the 16th January 1800, Samuel Jameson, of the township of Newport, applied under the act of the 4th April 1799, entitled “ an act for offering compensation to the Penn- “ sylvania claimants of certain lands within the seventeen “ townships in the county óf Luzerne, and for other purposes “ therein mentioned,” for 700 acres of land, to wit,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
It appears by the.speciai’verdict in this case, that George Enslin, the defendant below, claimed under a warrant to Sarah Hollenback, dated 10th May 1792,for 400 acres of land, a survey in pursuance of the said warrant on the 9th December 1793, regularly returned to the land office, and a patent on the 11th June 1798, the purchase money having been paid .on the 5th June 1792. It appears also that the first and the only actual settlement made on the land in dispute, was by the defendant, or those under whom he claims. He had been long in possession previous to the bringing of…
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