Kingston v. Lesley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ejectment, by Stephen Kingston against Peter Lesley, for a lot of ground- with several buildings upon it, in Arch street, in the city of Philadelpaia, tried before the Chief Justice at NisiPrius in November last, when a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, for two-thirds of the lot, and for the defendant as to the remaining third. A motion was now made on behalf of the defendant for a new trial.
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Ejectment, by Stephen Kingston against Peter Lesley, for a lot of ground- with several buildings upon it, in Arch street, in the city of Philadelpaia, tried before the Chief Justice at NisiPrius in November last, when a verdict was given in favour of the plaintiff, for two-thirds of the lot, and for the defendant as to the remaining third. A motion was now made on behalf of the defendant for a new trial. The plaintiff claimed under William Oxley, who derived his title from Thomas Howard. A patent was issued to Thomas Howard on the 26th September, 1687, and another patent to William Oxley, on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
(after stating the case.) Several questions of law arose on the evidence, in the course of the trial, which are now to be considered, as well as one on the charge to the jury.
1. The plaintiff in order to show an ancient possession in William Oxley, offered in evidence, a paper, certified by the surveyor general, to be a true copy of a list of the first grantee or renters from the proprietaries, extracted from book No. 31, remaining in his office. This evidence was objected to by the defendant, but the objection was overruled. The book…
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