1 U.S. 18 1 Dall. 18 1 L. Ed. 18 The Lessee of the Proprietary v. Ralston No. _. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania April Term, 1773. 1 Plaintiff showed a title in himself to the Province of Pennsylvania, and then rested. 2 Defendant showed a deed for one thousand acres of land also a warrant to himself, and two others, to take up three thousand acres of land, which included the lands in controversy also a power of attorney to David Lloyd, to take care of said land, and an account of the expences of...
1 U.S. 20 (1774) 1 Dall. 20 HURST versus DIPPO. Supreme Court of United States. Before CHEW, Chief Justice. WILLING and MORTON, Justices. *21 After long debate, THE CHIEF JUSTICE gave the opinion of the Court as follows: CHEW Chief Justice: Though demurrers are disused, yet the law is not uncertain. It is a settled rule, that courts of law determine Law; a Jury Facts. Upon which maxim, every security depends in an English Country. When a deed is produced in evidence, it must be shewn in hær...
1 U.S. 20 1 Dall. 20 1 L. Ed. 19 ANONYMOUS. No. _. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania September Term, 1773. John Fisher, having two sons and a Daughter, made his will, and devised a plantation to his son Matthias in fee. Matthias dies in his minority, intestate, and without issue. Question: whether his heirs at common law shall take; or it shall divide among his other brothers and sisters, under the supplemental intestate law of this Province On a trial in ejectment for the plantation, it was...
