Irwin v. Trego
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an action of ejectment to September Term, 1849, by Joseph P. Trego and wife v. John Irwin, Joseph Taylor, and Rudolph Huzzard, for the one undivided fifth part of 240 acres of land in Young township, Indiana county. See a report of this case when up on a former occasion, in 7 Harris 441, &c. The wife of Trego claimed as an heir of James Dunwoody, who had been the legal owner.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an action of ejectment to September Term, 1849, by Joseph P. Trego and wife v. John Irwin, Joseph Taylor, and Rudolph Huzzard, for the one undivided fifth part of 240 acres of land in Young township, Indiana county. See a report of this case when up on a former occasion, in 7 Harris 441, &c. The wife of Trego claimed as an heir of James Dunwoody, who had been the legal owner. The defendants claimed under a sale of the land as unseated for taxes, on the 23d June, 1834. The tract was warranted in the name of John Matthews for 300 acres;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Knox, J.
The plaintiffs below, Trego and wife, brought this action of ejectment to recover possession of the- one undivided fifth part of a tract of land in Young township, Indiana county, as heirs, at law of James Dunwoody, who was the owner at the time of his death, in 1826.
The defendants claimed title under a conveyance from James Bleakley, who had purchased at a tax sale in 1834.
To avoid the effect of the treasurer’s deed, it was alleged by the plaintiffs, 1st. That the land was seated when the taxes were assessed, at least such portion of them as…
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