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- 1 April 1759
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- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
Authority
- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Citation
- 1 U.S. 1
- Judges
- William Allen, Chief Justice, William Coleman, Justice
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- Court
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- Decided
- 1759-04-01
Headnote
APRIL TERM, 1759. William Allen, Chief Justice, William Coleman, Justice The Lessee of Hyam and others v. Edwards. Evidence. A copy of a deed enrolled in England is evidence of title to lands here. A copy of a register of births and deaths, kept by a religions society, dnly authenticated, is evi. deuce of death.
Judgment
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¶ 2Copy of a deed enrolled in the King’s Bench, in England, proved before the Lord Mayor of London to be a true one, allowed to be given in evidence to a jury, to supjiort a title to lands in this province, * Same Cause. Copy of tbe register of births and deaths of people called Quakers, in England, proved to be’ a true one before tbe Lord Mayor of London, allowed to be given in evidence, to prove the death of a person, 11 Mod. 2, pl. 2. In Kingston v. Lesley (10 S. & R. 389), C. J. Tilghman said, “ considering all the authorities, we must take it, that the case of Hyam v. Edwards is lawand upon the authority of this case, Kingston v. Lesley was determined. See also Fogler v. Simpson, cited 1 Yeates 17, 152, s. c. 2 Dall. 117; Douglass v. Sanderson, 2 Dall. 116, s. c. 1 Yeates 15; Winder v. Little, 1 Yeates 152; Lilly v. Kintzmiller, 1 Yeates 28; Keller v. Nutz, 5 S. & R. 251.
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