Green v. Watson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an ejectment by James Watson and others against Ammond Green and William B. Sutor, for 1000 acres of land in Montgomery township, Indiana county, surveyed on a warrant granted to John Nicholson.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Indiana county. This was an ejectment by James Watson and others against Ammond Green and William B. Sutor, for 1000 acres of land in Montgomery township, Indiana county, surveyed on a warrant granted to John Nicholson. The tract of land in controversy, was surveyed on the 16th August 1794, upon a warrant to John Nicholson, No. 3758, dated the 5th March 1793. On the 8th July 1807, this and certain other tracts of land belonging to the estate of John Nicholson, were sold by the commissioners appointed under the Act of 31st March 1806, (by virtue of the authority…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
Both parties in this case claimed under a warrant issued to John Nicholson, dated the 5th of March 1793, for 1000 acres of land, on the waters of the west branch of the Susquehanna, which ivas duly surveyed and the return accepted at the land office, on March 21st 1807.
• The office of controller-general was created by the Act of the 15th of April 1782, and John Nicholson was appointed to fill it; and he continued to do so until in the year 1794. During that period, it has been estimated that over twenty-seven millions of public money passed…
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