M'Elear v. Elliot
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. The plaintiff in error, Peter M‘Elcar, brought this ejectment in the District Court of Dauphin county, against the defendants in error, William Elliot, John Cowper, John Holland, Robert Boner, and Thomas Duncan, Esq., to recover possession of an island, containing about six hundred and seventy-seven acres, with the usual allowance, situate in the river Susquehanna, near the. mouth of the Juniata.
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IN ERROR. The plaintiff in error, Peter M‘Elcar, brought this ejectment in the District Court of Dauphin county, against the defendants in error, William Elliot, John Cowper, John Holland, Robert Boner, and Thomas Duncan, Esq., to recover possession of an island, containing about six hundred and seventy-seven acres, with the usual allowance, situate in the river Susquehanna, near the. mouth of the Juniata. On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence the deposition of Robert Armstrong, for the purpose of showing, that the plaintiff, or those under whom he claimed, settled on and improved…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tilghman, C. J.
This was an ejectment for an island in the river Susquehanna, containing about six hundred and seventy-seven acres, with the usual allowance, situate near the mouth of the Juniata. The cause came to trial in the District Court for the county of Dauphin, when certain evidence being offered by *250the plaintiff, it was objected to by the defendants, and rejected by the court; whereupon the counsel for the plaintiff took an exception, which is now the subject of consideration.
The evidence offered by the plaintiff, was the deposition of Robert…
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