Rankin v. Tenbrook
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Mercer county. This was an action of ejectment by Richard Tenbrook and Sophia his wife, against William S. Rankin and Boon M’Millen, to recover a tract of land. The facts of the case are stated in the former report of it. 5 Watts 386. The bills of exception taken in the court below, are particularly stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
This cause was in this court before, and is reported in 5 Watts 386. At that time the cause was put on a single point, and now on two points; and we had then but a small portion of the evidence, and now much less of it; and if we proceed in this way it may travel to this court and back again for some years to come. There have been instances in which a great mass of testimony has been put on the record and sent here, when the only error was to the admission or rejection of a deed, on the question whether the execution of it was duly proved;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eager v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Culler v. MotzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1825
- Rankin v. TenbrookSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Thompson v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1821
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- Irvine v. SibbettsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856
- Probst v. Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United StatesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1885