Lessee of Biddle v. Shippen

1 U.S. 19

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: April 15, 1773
• Status: Published

Opinion

But the Court also declared, that the statute of 21 Jac. I., c. 16, of twenty years’ possession, extended here; and that it had never been doubted,

(b)

In Morris v. Vanderen, post, p. 67, C. J. McKean said, that the statute 21 Jac. I., c. 16, was not in force in Pennsylvania. Its principal provisions are contained in the act of 27th March 1713. 1 Sm. Laws 76.