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Supreme Court of Pennſylvania:
September Term, 1754.
Before William Allen, Chief Juſtice. | ||
Lawrence Growden, and | Juſtices. | |
Caleb Cowpland, |
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Anonymous.
Adjudged by the court, that the Statute of Frauds and Perjuries[1] does not extend to this Province, though made before Mr. Penn’s Charter: The Governor of New-York having exerciſed a Juriſdiction here, before the making that Statute, by Virtue of the Word Territories, in the Grant to the Duke of York, of New-York and New-Jerſey.
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April Term, 1759.
William Allen, Chief Juſtice, |
William Coleman, Juſtice. |
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The Leſſee of Hyam and others verſus Edwards.
Copy of a Deed inrolled 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 ſupport a Title to Lands in this Province.[2]
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