Wilson v. Marvin

Citations

• 172 Pa. 30
• 33 A. 275
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 726

Syllabus

<p>Land law — Warrants—Mistake— Tax — Sale.</p> <p>Where land is assessed for taxes as a part of a particular warrant, and the owner after careful and conscientious investigation decides that it is included in another warrant which he owns and on which he has paid taxes, and permits the sale of the land, as assessed, for taxes, and it subsequently appears that the land was really in the warrant in which it was assessed, the owner cannot allege his mistake as a ground for setting aside the sale.</p> <p>Land law — Boundaries—Evidence—Question for jury.</p> <p>In a dispute over the boundary of a warrant, the case is for the jury where plaintiff fixes the boundary by measurement from a well established corner of a neighboring warrant, while defendant locates it by marks on the ground and by the north line of another warrant adjoining on the south.</p>