Lessee of Pickering v. Rutty
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Luzerne county. . J It was an ejectment for a tract of land in the township of ¡ Claverack, in Luzerne county.
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In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Luzerne county. . J It was an ejectment for a tract of land in the township of ¡ Claverack, in Luzerne county. In the court below the fol- j lowing facts were stated by referees, and submitted to that’ court for its opinion. ! The lessors of the plaintiff, Timothy Pickering, Samuel Hodgdon, Duncan Ingraham, and Tench Coxe, claimed title i to the lands in question, under a lottery warrant, No. 7',! bearing date the 17th May, 1785, issued in their names out of the land office of Pennsylvania for 1000 acres of land ; the purchase money…
1Opinion of the Court
TilghmAn C. J.
The plaintiffs claim under a lottery warrant, bearing date 17th May, 1785, on which a survey was made July 1st, 1785) and returned into the office of th,e surveyor general, September 15th, 1785. The defendants, whose original tittle was derived from the state of Connecticut, claim.under certificates issued by the commissioners appointed by virtue of the Compensation Act of Pennsylvania, passed 4th April, 1799, and the several supplements thereto. These certificates bear date in the year, 1804. By the compensation act, the commissioners were not authorised to issue a certificate…
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