Satterlee v. Matthewson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN error. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county, in an ejectment brought by Elizabeth Matthewson, the plaintiff below and defendant in error, against Elisha Satterlee, (John F. Satterlee being afterwards made co-defendant as landlord,) defendant below, for two hundred and seven acres of land in Athens township, Bradford county, tried at a special court for that county, held before Franks, President of the judicial district, and one of .the…
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IN error. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford county, in an ejectment brought by Elizabeth Matthewson, the plaintiff below and defendant in error, against Elisha Satterlee, (John F. Satterlee being afterwards made co-defendant as landlord,) defendant below, for two hundred and seven acres of land in Athens township, Bradford county, tried at a special court for that county, held before Franks, President of the judicial district, and one of .the associate judges of Bradford county, in which a verdictand judgment were rendered for the plaintiff below. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
As the events related in this cause».and the course it has passéd through, are in some respects unusual, I shall state the facts and the decision in some measure at large, and- take a view of the whole contést; for such a statement will be necessary to come to a right conclusion.
The charter under which the colony of Connecticut claimed, and that under which William Penn and his heirs claimed Pennsylvania, interfered with each other about one degree of latitude through the whole of Pennsylvania, from east- to west. Before the revolutionary…
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- Green v. BiddleSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- United States v. HowlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Satterlee v. MatthewsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1835
- Commonwealth v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1802
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