Lessee of Meredith v. Macoss

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Lessee of Meredith v. Macoss

1 Yeates 200

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedJanuary 15, 1793

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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Lessee of Meredith v. Macoss, 1 Yeates 200 (Pa. 1793).

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But This is a still stronger deviation from the rules of evidence than what was first attempted. To deduce an argument from a person’s usurpation of property, or their possessing themselves of lands, that they therein acted under the authority of the owner, is unfair reasoning, and might be advan*ced to sanctify any trespass whatever. Such r*noi testimony would be attended with dangerous conse- L quences, and prove highly injurious to society. We cannot possibly receive it.

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But This is a still stronger deviation from the rules of evidence than what was first attempted. To deduce an argument from a person’s usurpation of property, or their possessing themselves of lands, that they therein acted under the authority of the owner, is unfair reasoning, and might be advan*ced to sanctify any trespass whatever. Such r*noi testimony would be attended with dangerous conse- L quences, and prove highly injurious to society. We cannot possibly receive it.

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