Brownfield v. Braddee
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to a special court of Fayette county. John F. Braddee against Basil Brownfield. This proceeding originated before two justices of the peace to obtain the possession-of a tract of land purchased by the plaintiff at sheriff’s sale as the property of Joseph Collins, and was brought into the court of common pleas, by the defendant, Basil Brownfield, upon his affidavit, “ that he was in possession of and held the land in controversy by a title derived from Joseph Collins,…
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ERROR to a special court of Fayette county. John F. Braddee against Basil Brownfield. This proceeding originated before two justices of the peace to obtain the possession-of a tract of land purchased by the plaintiff at sheriff’s sale as the property of Joseph Collins, and was brought into the court of common pleas, by the defendant, Basil Brownfield, upon his affidavit, “ that he was in possession of and held the land in controversy by a title derived from Joseph Collins, before the judgment against him under which the complainant purchased.” The proceeding originated and was brought into…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
The error to which the attention of the court has been particularly directed is, the rejection of the sheriff’s deed for the land in controversy to Basil Brownfield, sold as the property of Braddee, together with the record of the judgment, Brownfield against Braddee, and the executions, &c. thereon. This was a proceeding under the act of the 6th of April 1802; an act to enable *150purchasers at sheriffs’ or coroners’ sales, to obtain possession. After the requisition was taken, but before the justices gave judgment, Brownfield filed an…
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