Nutting v. Lynn
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 57, April T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of W. P. Nutting and George F. Yates v. Charles A. Lynn. Trespass to recover damages for taking timber. Before Lindsey, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the subject in controversy was title to lot No. 217 in Deerfield township. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 57, April T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 51, on verdict for plaintiffs, in case of W. P. Nutting and George F. Yates v. Charles A. Lynn. Trespass to recover damages for taking timber. Before Lindsey, P. J. At the trial it appeared that the subject in controversy was title to lot No. 217 in Deerfield township. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: [Now, gentlemen of the jury, this being the case, the question arises whether these taxes for 1895, on lot 217, had been paid. We…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The Great National Petroleum Company owned a number of tracts of unseated land in Warren county which were upon the treasurer’s sales list for June, 1896. Wilson McGrew, as the agent of the landowner, went to the county treasurer’s office before the sale, and made an arrangement *62with him “to pay all the taxes that were assessed against the Great National Petroleum Company, thirty-one tracts in all,” — the tract in dispute being included in the list. McGrew had with him a statement or memorandum of the tracts of land upon which he wished to pay the taxes, and he read, by…
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