M'Call v. Yople
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Erie county. This was an action of ejectment by Sarah M’Call and others against Christian Yople, Nathaniel Bruce, John Dimond, David Yople, John Brown, Frederick Warren, and Hiram Bruce. The single point decided requires no further statement of the facts of the case than that contained in the preceding cases and the opinion of the Court. The cause was argued by the same counsel.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
— The title of the plaintiffs was admitted to be the same as in the last two cases — 'Warrant to Samuel Byard of the 13th of April 1792 — sui’vey 429 acres, 24th of June 1794, and patent the 27th of July 1799 — deduced to plaintiffs. The defendants showed the general draft of donation district No. 10. The officers and soldiers had no warrant — the law directed the whole 10th district to be surveyed, and a number to be inserted in each tract; and when an officer or soldier drew a number in a district, his name was inserted in the draft of that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Campbell v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bayard v. InglisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843