Talk:Clement v. Packer
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| Edition: | Clement v. Packer, in Mount Carmel township, Northumberland county, Pa He claimed this 120 acres as part of a tract of land surveyed in October, 1794, under a warrant dated 26th of November, 1793, issued in the name of William Elliott, the title to which was in him, the plaintiff On the trial he adduced evidence showing that this William Elliott tract was one of six tracts of a block of surveys,-a term which, under the Pennsylvania land system, means a series of surveys made by one surveyor at the same time upon warrants issued upon the same day, owned by the same person, dependent upon each other in succession, calling for each other, and returned to the land-office at the same time, and so located on the ground that the tracts each adjoin the other side by side as a body In that state the warrant and survey thereon and the return of the survey constituted the legal mode of acquiring lands from the commonwealth The block just mentioned was known as the 'La Fevre Block,' and the tracts composing it were designated by the names of the persons to whom they were warranted, as follows: The Ebenezer Branham, Nathaniel Brown, Lewis Walker, William Shannon, William Elliott, and the Joseph Tyson, all of which were dated November 26, 1793, surveyed on the 21st and 22d days of October, 1794, and returned into the land-office by William Gray, deputy surveyor, February 23, 1795 The plaintiff claimed that the northern boundary of this tract was identical with the southern line of the defendant's tracts, and that such southern boundary was about 60 rods further north than that claimed by the defendant, and down to which he was in actual possession The question in the case, as exhibited by the record, is one of location, the burden of proof being on the plaintiff below to show the location of the northern boundary of the William Elliott tract, and that the 120 acres in dispute are within the limits of that tract . |
| Source: | Clement v. Packer from http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/125 |
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