Donnel v. Bellas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from tbe Common Pleas of Northumberland. Ejectment. The title of the plaintiff below, defendant in error, was a warrant for the tract in question, in the name of William Green, which was assigned to William Witman. Witman’s estate was sold to the plaintiff below under proceedings in the Orphans’ Coru't, commencing August 26, 1828, the deed having been made September, 1829. The defendants claimed under a sale for taxes.
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In error from tbe Common Pleas of Northumberland. Ejectment. The title of the plaintiff below, defendant in error, was a warrant for the tract in question, in the name of William Green, which was assigned to William Witman. Witman’s estate was sold to the plaintiff below under proceedings in the Orphans’ Coru't, commencing August 26, 1828, the deed having been made September, 1829. The defendants claimed under a sale for taxes. They showed that, in 1824, this tract, with several others, had been sold to one Staples, for taxes then due. A deed for this tract had been acknowledged by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
This was an amicable action of ejectment. Bellas, the plaintiff below, claims the land in question, under a warrant of the 6th of December, 1784, to William Grreen; surveyed the 22d of September, 1789, 306J acres, and patented to William Grreen, 23d of February, 1790, who, by deed of assignment, on the 15th of June, 1808, conveyed to William Witman. Judge Witman paid the taxes up to 1815.
The defendant below claims under a tax-sale. They gave in evidence, that the William Grreen tract was taxed from 1815 to 1824 inclusive, and that on the 16th of June, of the latter year, it was struck off to…
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