Hockenbury v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Butler county. This was an action of ejectment for 500 acres of land, by the heirs of John Hockenbury against Conrad Snyder and James Taylor. The plaintiffs were admitted to be the heirs of John Hockenbury deceased, and as such claimed title to the land in dispute.
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Butler county. This was an action of ejectment for 500 acres of land, by the heirs of John Hockenbury against Conrad Snyder and James Taylor. The plaintiffs were admitted to be the heirs of John Hockenbury deceased, and as such claimed title to the land in dispute. The substance of the testimony on the part of the plaintiffs was, that John Hockenbury commenced an improvement on the tract of land in 1809, and left in 1811, when he leased the improvement to John Wigdon, who worked and occupied the fields on the shares in 1811 and 1812. Hockenbury returned in 1813,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
This case presented a variety and complication of facts, on which many questions arose. Certain lands were appropriated by law for the officers and soldiers who served during the war of the revolution. These lands were surveyed by the state in ranges from east to west, and the surveys in each range were numbered. A Captain Stephen Stevenson drew No. 40 in the second donation district, 500 acres. By law, no taxes were to be assessed by the state on these tracts during the life of the soldier or officer, unless he sold his right; and then they…
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