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PAXTON v. GRISWOLD

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122 U.S. 441 (1887)

7 S.Ct. 1216

30 L.Ed. 1143

PAXTON v. GRISWOLD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Hepburn, Jr., for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Samuel Hepburn, (with whom was Mr. James Ryan on the brief,) for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of ejectment for 405 acres of land in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, brought by the heirs-at-law of John Griswold, the defendants in error, against George W. Paxton and others, plaintiffs in error, to which the defendants below pleaded not guilty. The cause was tried at Philadelphia before Judge McKennan, and the jury, by direction of the court, found...

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