Meyers v. Hill
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Adams county. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Henry Meyers against Johnston Hill and Elizabeth'his wife, Harriet Witherow, Joseph Witherow, John Stewart Witherow, Washington Withe-row, and Sarah Witherow, who were the heirs of David Withe-row, to recover the undivided moiety of a tract of land in Cumberland township, Adams county, in which the judgment was for defendant.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Adams county. This was an action of ejectment, brought by Henry Meyers against Johnston Hill and Elizabeth'his wife, Harriet Witherow, Joseph Witherow, John Stewart Witherow, Washington Withe-row, and Sarah Witherow, who were the heirs of David Withe-row, to recover the undivided moiety of a tract of land in Cumberland township, Adams county, in which the judgment was for defendant. All the material facts of the case, the errors assigned, and the points made by the counsel by whom it was argued here, will be found in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 1st 1863, by
Strong, J.
This was a third action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff against the defendants below and defendants in error, to recover the undivided half of a tract of land in Cumberland township, Adams county. The first ejectment was brought in 1824, by David Witherow, under whom the present defendants claim, against Peter Epley, with whom the present plaintiff is in privity. It resulted in a verdict and judgment against David Witherow, on the 28th of January 1825. In 1843 another ejectment was brought by David Witherow against…
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