Elliott v. Laidig

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 147
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>Land law — Undescripiive warrant — Priority of survey.</p> <p>A vague and undescriptive warrant will not be sufficient to entitle the grantee to claim title from its date as against a title under a-warrant later in date, but which was located under an earlier survey.</p> <p>A warrant is descriptive solely by reason of the description which is contained therein, and not because of any extrinsic facts or circumstances.</p> <p>A warrant called for land “ adjoining land, this day granted in Dublin township, in the county of Bedford,” which tract as located and surveyed had six sides and therefore, insomuch as a mere description is concerned, a location on any side would have answered its requirement. Held, that the warrant could not be called a descriptive warrant.</p>