Faulkner v. Lessee of Eddy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of Allegheny county, upon a bill of exceptions to the opinion of YEATES and SMITH Justices. The questions arising out of the bill of exceptions were argued by Ross for the plaintiff in error, and by Woods and Addison for the defendant in error; and in delivering his opinion, the Chief Justice has rendered any further statement unnecessary.
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This cause comes before the court on a bill of exceptions taken on the trial in the Circuit Court of Allegheny county. The material facts stated on the record are as follows: On the 25th April 179a, a certain john M'Kcc entered applications in the land office for six thousand acres of land, in tracts of four hundred acres each, in the names of sundry persons; of which the tract in dispute was one. In the month of May 1794, before any warrants were taken out, he had surveys made on the applications. On the 24th May 1794, he sold his right in these lands to Gideon Ri/i Wells, and.…
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