Bear Valley Coal Co. v. Dewart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county: Of May Term 1880, No. 100. Ejectment by William L. Dewart against the Bear Valley Coal Company, to recover a tract of land. '• ' Dewart is the owner of two adjoining tracts-of land situate in Coal township, in the county of Northumberland.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county: Of May Term 1880, No. 100. Ejectment by William L. Dewart against the Bear Valley Coal Company, to recover a tract of land. '• ' Dewart is the owner of two adjoining tracts-of land situate in Coal township, in the county of Northumberland. The one containing seventy acres and allowance, &c., was surveyed on the 5th of November 1852, by virtue of warrant to William Wilson and William L. Dewart, dated the 24th of January 1852; and the other, containing forty acres and allowance, &c., was surveyed on the 6th of April 1853, by virtue of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
This action is for recovery of a tract of land containing one hundred and ten acres, granted by one patent dated May 11th 1854, on two warrants and surveys, the first dated in 1852 and the second in 1853. Since 1854 the land has been assessed as one tract, unseated, and the taxes have been paid by the plaintiff and those under whom he claims.
In 1829 a patent was granted to Hugh Bellas for a tract of one hundred and eighty acres on a warrant and survey in name of Jacob Bright, dated in the same year, which includes part of the land embraced in the plaintiff’s title. This tract was assessed as…
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