Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1784

Hamilton's Lessee v. Galloway

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 15, 1784

1 Dall. 93; 1 U.S. 93

Opinion of the Court

And,

By the Court:

The deed may be read in evidence; for, the recording does not contribute to the proof of the deed, *94which is established by the oath before the justice; the recording only gives the deed a special operation by the express provisions of the Act of Assembly.*

This cause was tried at Carlisle N. P. an the 24th of May 1734, before M'Kean, C. J. Atlee and Rush, Justices.

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