Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania by Horace Binney, Tom 5William P. Farrand and Company, 1813 |
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... present appeal was entered . The objections here taken on behalf of the appellant , were 1. Matter of Law . That the proceedings were void , be- cause William Elliot , had not appeared by guardian , to the petition of John in 1799 ...
... present appeal was entered . The objections here taken on behalf of the appellant , were 1. Matter of Law . That the proceedings were void , be- cause William Elliot , had not appeared by guardian , to the petition of John in 1799 ...
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... present value of the island , but consider its value in the year 1799. The unexampled prosperity of the United States since that time , has made a prodigious differ- ence in the price of lands , and these fisheries appear in par ...
... present value of the island , but consider its value in the year 1799. The unexampled prosperity of the United States since that time , has made a prodigious differ- ence in the price of lands , and these fisheries appear in par ...
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... present appeal . The power is expressly given to us , by the 9th section of the act of assembly of 1713 . In considering the questions before us , I throw out of view , all that has been urged respecting the affirmance of the valuation ...
... present appeal . The power is expressly given to us , by the 9th section of the act of assembly of 1713 . In considering the questions before us , I throw out of view , all that has been urged respecting the affirmance of the valuation ...
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... present appeal , no acts of confirmation on their part , could produce any legal effect . Upon the most attentive consideration of the testimony laid before us , I can see no rational grounds , from which I can infer that John Elliot ...
... present appeal , no acts of confirmation on their part , could produce any legal effect . Upon the most attentive consideration of the testimony laid before us , I can see no rational grounds , from which I can infer that John Elliot ...
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... present at that partition , as we discover by the inquisition ; and I cannot bring myself to believe , that Stevenson , who was an excellent practical surveyor , and had been for many years deputy sur- veyor of the county of York ...
... present at that partition , as we discover by the inquisition ; and I cannot bring myself to believe , that Stevenson , who was an excellent practical surveyor , and had been for many years deputy sur- veyor of the county of York ...
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