U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1825

Lanning v. London

Lanning v. London
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · Decided April 15, 1825
14 F. Cas. 1129; 4 Wash. C. C. 513
Lanning v. London

Opinion of the Court

[The plaintiff, Lanning, brought an action in ejectment against Isaac London, .Samuel Ferris, John Ferris, and Moses Rolph. There was a verdict in favor of plaintiff as against all except London, who was shown not to be in possession of any part of the premises-in dispute in that case. Case No. 8,074. This is an action by the same plaintiff ■against London.]

It was decided in this case, that to entitle the plaintiff to give in evidence a sheriff’s ■deed, it was necessary to produce the record of the judgment under which the sale of the land was made.

[For other ejectment cases brought by the same plaintiff against other defendants, see Cases Nos. S.072 and 8,073, and the case above referred to, 8,074.]

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