Drexel v. Man
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which an ejectment was brought by Daniel Man, Jr., against Francis M. Drexel, to recover a lot of ground in the district of Kensington, and 40 two story houses erected thereon, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the plaintiff.
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THIS was a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which an ejectment was brought by Daniel Man, Jr., against Francis M. Drexel, to recover a lot of ground in the district of Kensington, and 40 two story houses erected thereon, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed this property by virtue of a sheriff’s sale and deed to Daniel Man, Sr., as the property of Dr Dyott, and a conveyance from Daniel Man, Sr., to the plaintiff, on the 2d February 1843. The defendant impeached this sheriff’s sale on various grounds, which…
1Opinion of the Court
*345The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
As this court does not, upon a writ of error, sit to try the merits of the case, but merely those points which are raised by the record, a great part of the argument in this case has been wasted on matters concerning which this court cannot judicially enquire, because they do not appear upon the record. To these alone can our attention be directed, and if there are others that are really material to the party, they ought to have been made to appear in such a shape that we could regularly take notice of them.
All .the errors assigned have…
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