Legal Opinion
Martin v. Hughes
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 5, 1899No. 36Published
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
John C. Martin, the plaintiff below .and in error, brought this action of ejectment on August 31, 1894, *557against Charles A. Hughes and others, to recover a piece of land 41 perches in width and 273 perches in length, containing about 75 acres, situate in the county of Cambria, and state of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff claimed under a warrant of survey granted on March 25, 1794. to Isaac Brannan, and a return of survey thereunder into the land office on November 28, 1808. The certificate to the returned plot of this survey reads thus:
“Situate on tlie headwaters of Little…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Mineral Railroad & Mining Co. v. AutenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Hammerschlag Mfg. Co. v. Struthers-Wells Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1907
- Martin v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898