Lineweaver v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to tbe Common Pleas of Lancaster eounty. This was an ejectment brought by Henry Lineweaver against Thomas Crawford to recover 8 acres and 124 perches of land in Rapho township, Lancaster county. The plaintiff claimed under a warrant to himself, dated 1st May, 1850, and surveyed the 16th of August of the same year, and returned to the land office, where upon a caveat filed, the board of property refused to accept the survey and order a patent to issue thereon.
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Error, to tbe Common Pleas of Lancaster eounty. This was an ejectment brought by Henry Lineweaver against Thomas Crawford to recover 8 acres and 124 perches of land in Rapho township, Lancaster county. The plaintiff claimed under a warrant to himself, dated 1st May, 1850, and surveyed the 16th of August of the same year, and returned to the land office, where upon a caveat filed, the board of property refused to accept the survey and order a patent to issue thereon. The defendant claimed the land by settlement, and showed that in 1815 he entered and commenced an improvement on a piece of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lewis, C. J.
This ejectment brings into question the original title, derived from the proprietaries. These questions -are familiar to those of the profession who are located in the recently settled parts of the state; but in Lancaster county they arise so rarely, that nearly all the present generation of lawyers in that county are strangers to them.
The plaintiff claims under a warrant of the 1st May, 1850, and a survey of the 16th August, 1850. The purchase-mpney was of course paid at the time the warrant issued.
The defendant claims under a settlement…
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- Smith v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1793