Lessee of Peters v. Condron
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. EJECTMENT by the lessee of Richard Peters and John Barclay- in the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, brought to' April Term, 1803. On the trial of this ejectment the plaintiffs gave in evidence a deed poll from Samuel Hunts, in whom the title to the tract of land in question was vested, to William Coxe, dated the 1st July, 1762. They also offered in evidence an exemplification, under the hand and seal of the recorder of ‘ Huntingdon county, of a deed of partition,…
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In Error. EJECTMENT by the lessee of Richard Peters and John Barclay- in the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county, brought to' April Term, 1803. On the trial of this ejectment the plaintiffs gave in evidence a deed poll from Samuel Hunts, in whom the title to the tract of land in question was vested, to William Coxe, dated the 1st July, 1762. They also offered in evidence an exemplification, under the hand and seal of the recorder of ‘ Huntingdon county, of a deed of partition, dated the 6th March, 1769, between William Coxe, William Peters, (by his attomies, Richard Peters, Richard Peters,…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
In this case the counsel for the plaintiff took two bills of exceptions to the opinion of the Court below. The first was on the rejection of an exemplification under the hand and seal of the recorder of Huntingdon, of a deed of partition, dated 6th March, 1769, between William Coxe, William Peters, (by his attornies. Richard Peters, Richard Peters, jun., and James Biddle,) and William Trent. The subscribing witnesses to this deed were Andrew Robe*82son and Alexander Graydon. Those witnesses were not pro» duced, nor was any account given of them ; but there was a Probate on the deed…
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