Bratton v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Mifflin county. This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land by George Mitchell against Charles Bratton and James Bratton. The case is sufficiently stated by the Chief Justice, who delivered the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
The only question in the record which is worthy of consideration is, whether the paper produced as a list of unseated lands, and containing among other things what is asserted to be an assessment of the tract in contest, is the act of the commissioners. It was found in the office, though not in the place where the lists are usually kept; but the place is of no importance, for it would never do to let the character of a document depend on the habitual method or disorder of the officer. Papers are frequently displaced by accident, or the…
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