The Lessee of Richardson v. Campbell

The Lessee of Richardson v. Campbell. Evidence. Evidence of parol declarations of one of the Proprietaries, respecting a sale of land, rejected. Plaintief supported his title by a patent dated in 1762. The defendan produced receipts from the Proprietary’s officers, with a warrant from Mr Peters, secretary of the land-office, several years prior to plaintiff’s patent, and proved upwards of twenty years’ possession; hut the plaintiff contending, that the receipts were only for money paid on account of an adjacent tract and that there was some imposition on the land-officer when the warrant wat granted, the defendant produced a witness to prove a parol declaration of Mr. Thomas Penn (when he was in the country), that the land in dispute was sold to defendant. This piece of evidence was opposed by the plaintiff, and refused by the Court. [MAJORITY — N. B.] N. B. The plaintiff could prove no imposition on the officer, and the court gave a charge in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff would not take the verdict, hut became nonsuit, See Strickler v. Todd, 10 S. & R. 63; Patton v. Goldsborough, 9 Id. 47; McWilliams v. Martin, 12 Id. 69.