Chambers v. Mifflin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the common pleas of Franklin county, to remove the record and judgment of that court, in an action of ejectment brought by Jonathan Mifflin, the defendant in error, against Thomas Chambers, the plaintiff in error. In the court below the verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff, Mifflin. The claims of the respective parties were as follows.
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IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the common pleas of Franklin county, to remove the record and judgment of that court, in an action of ejectment brought by Jonathan Mifflin, the defendant in error, against Thomas Chambers, the plaintiff in error. In the court below the verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff, Mifflin. The claims of the respective parties were as follows. The title of the defendant in error and plaintiff below,'/onaiftara Mfflin, originated upon a warrant granted to Robert Long, dated 15th April, 1763, for two hundred acres in Black's Gap, in the South mountain,…
1Opinion of the Court
*78The opinion of the court was delivered by
Huston, J.
(Here his honour recapitulated the facts in the cause.) — In the argument of this case here, and I may suppose in the court below, all the cases on precise, vague and removed warrants were cited. See McKinney v. Houser, 2 Smith 190. Duncan v. Curry, 3 Bin. 14, and Lauman v. Thomas, 4 Bin. 58. See also 3 Serg. & Rawle, 321-2. 10 Serg. & Rawle, 17. 15 Serg. & Rawle. 224. Maus v. Montgomery.
' And if this suit had been brought forty years ago, or if the title of defendant below, had commenced within a few years after the plaintiff’s, there would…
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