Thomas’s Lessee v. Horlocker

by Supreme Court of the United States

September Term, 1766.

 

Present William Allen, Chief Justice,
⁠William Coleman,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Justices.
⁠Alexander Stedman.

The Lessee of Thomas versus Horlocker.

Plaintiff produced a Deed bearing date sixty three Years ago, appearing on inspection to be ancient; one of the Witnesses proved to be dead, the other no known. Possession had not attended the Deed, and no other account was given of it, or the Witnessess, than by the evidence of a Person who swore he had well known one of the Witnesses, and had seen many Deeds and Papers signed by him, and from thence believed his name to this Deed, to be of his HandWriting, but had never seen him write. The Court on Debate though this a sufficient Proof of the Deed considering its Antiquity, and it was read in Evidence.