Lessee of Drinker v. Holliday
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ejectment for 326 acres of land in Erankstown township. The plaintiff claimed under a warrant to Samuel Litton, dated 1st August 1766, a survey thereon by Bichard Tea, on the 15th June 1767, a deed from Litton to Samuel Wallis, dated 30th September 1766, a patent to Wallis, dated 28th February 1782, a conveyance from Samuel Wallis and wife to Abel James, and the lessor of the plaintiff, dated 4th September 1782, and a release from James to him on the 8th April 1781. The…
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Ejectment for 326 acres of land in Erankstown township. The plaintiff claimed under a warrant to Samuel Litton, dated 1st August 1766, a survey thereon by Bichard Tea, on the 15th June 1767, a deed from Litton to Samuel Wallis, dated 30th September 1766, a patent to Wallis, dated 28th February 1782, a conveyance from Samuel Wallis and wife to Abel James, and the lessor of the plaintiff, dated 4th September 1782, and a release from James to him on the 8th April 1781. The defence was grounded on a location, (as it is called,) in the name of Timothy M’Kinley, dated 3d March 1763, a survey…
1Opinion of the Court
Verdict for the plaintiff.
[Note, tho same general outlines in effect were given in charge at the same assizes, between the lessee of John Hollinshead and Thomas Pollack, and the jury found accordingly.]
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