Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: With Some Select Cases at Nisi Prius, and in the Circuit Courts, Volume 3J. Campbell, 1871 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... entered up the judgment , that he had received the bond , on which the judgment was confessed , from Old , by way of indemnity against the incumbrances on the land sold to the de- fendant.18 or 19 months after the execution of the deed ...
... entered up the judgment , that he had received the bond , on which the judgment was confessed , from Old , by way of indemnity against the incumbrances on the land sold to the de- fendant.18 or 19 months after the execution of the deed ...
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... entered for him for that proportion of the lands , the plaintiff pay- ing costs . The writ in the present action issued on the 10th September 1795 , and the plaintiff admitted that he was barred by the limita tion act from recovering ...
... entered for him for that proportion of the lands , the plaintiff pay- ing costs . The writ in the present action issued on the 10th September 1795 , and the plaintiff admitted that he was barred by the limita tion act from recovering ...
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... entering into the common rule , the defendant is estopped both to the lessor and les- see ; aliter , where judgment is entered against the casual ejector . 1 Stra . 5. Bull . 87. The action for mesne profits is like trespass , with a ...
... entering into the common rule , the defendant is estopped both to the lessor and les- see ; aliter , where judgment is entered against the casual ejector . 1 Stra . 5. Bull . 87. The action for mesne profits is like trespass , with a ...
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... entered a caveat against any surveys being made on the warrants of Towers on the waters of Leekawaxen , alleging that the lands had been surveyed at his expense by John Seely on prior rights . A hearing thereon was afterwards di- rected ...
... entered a caveat against any surveys being made on the warrants of Towers on the waters of Leekawaxen , alleging that the lands had been surveyed at his expense by John Seely on prior rights . A hearing thereon was afterwards di- rected ...
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... entered by the defendant shortly afterwards on the 30th March following , he was pre- vented from having such surveys made , until the board of Property de- cided on his title . Immediately after such decision the present suit was ...
... entered by the defendant shortly afterwards on the 30th March following , he was pre- vented from having such surveys made , until the board of Property de- cided on his title . Immediately after such decision the present suit was ...
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