SWAYZE AND WIFE v. BURKE ET AL.


37 U.S. 11 (1838)

12 Pet. 11

LESSEE OF GABRIEL SWAYZE, AND MARY HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ROBERT BURKE, D. SHERMAN, GEORGE JACKSON, AND JAMES HINSMAN, DEFENDANTS

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The argument of Mr. Fetterman, for the plaintiffs in error, and of Mr. Watts, for the defendants.


Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

An action of ejectment was brought in the western district of Pennsylvania, by the plaintiffs against the defendants, to recover the land in controversy. Both parties claim by descent from John Ormsby, sen. who died in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, in December, 1805. The deceased had a son, Oliver, who survived him, and who administered on his estate; and a daughter,...

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