Lessee of Jackson v. Burns
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an appeal from the judgment of the CircuitA Court of Allegheny county. British ante-b^of teKn|a" wAhln the state °f Pennsylvania. It was an ejectment for a tract of land situated in that district of country formerly claimed by the state of Virginia, and afterwards ceded to Pennsylvania by agreement between the two states.
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THIS was an appeal from the judgment of the CircuitA Court of Allegheny county. British ante-b^of teKn|a" wAhln the state °f Pennsylvania. It was an ejectment for a tract of land situated in that district of country formerly claimed by the state of Virginia, and afterwards ceded to Pennsylvania by agreement between the two states. The lessors of the plaintiff claimed as heirs of William Jackson who commenced a settlement in the spring of the year 1774 upon the land in dispute, by clearing and fencing a part and planting corn in it, having previously, in partnership with Hugh Sterling who…
1Opinion of the Court
On this day, the judges delivered their opinions.
Tilghman C. J.
This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Allegheny county. A verdict was found for the plaintiffs; the defendant moved for a new trial, and his motion was overruled.
Two questions were made on the argument. 1st, Whether William Jackson deceased, who died in the state of Pennsylvania about the year 1784, without issue, and intestate, had good title to the land in controversy? 2d, Supposing that he had title, whether John Jackson one of the plaintiffs, the elder brother of William, who was born in Ireland before the American…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dawson's Lessee v. GodfreySupreme Court of the United States · 1808
3Cited by4 opinions
- Hoffman v. StroheckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
- Wilson v. PennockSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856
- Orser v. HoagNew York Supreme Court · 1842
- Trezevant v. Estate of OsbornSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1812