...Great Britain, where he remained ; and in the year 1779, the legislature of Pennsylvania passed an act, entitled "an act for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania, iri this commonwealth." The ejectment was brought in the year 1819, and on the trial of the cause,...

...Plaintiffs in Error, v. SMITH, ex. dem. PENN, Defendant in Error. The act of Pennsylvania, of 1779, "for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania, in this Commonwealth," did not con fiseate lands of the proprietaries which were within the lines of manors ; nor were the...

...of "Hamilton's survey" or "(he survey of '63." On the 27th of November 1773, the legislature passed an act for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania in tho commonwealth. But there was an exception of all proprietary tenths or manors which had been duly...

...thirty thousand pounds sterling, granted to the late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania by an act intituled An Act for vesting the estates of the late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in this Commonwealth, and for allowing interest on the several installments thereof from the times they have fallen and shall...

...thirty thousand pounds sterling, granted to the late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania by an act intituled An Act for vesting the 'estates of the late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in thii Commonwealth, and for allowing interest on the several installments thereof from the times they...

...Pennsylvania, pursuant to act of General Assembly passed the twenty -seventh of November, 1779, entitnled " An Act for vesting the estates of the late Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in the Commonwealth." Sundry resolutions of the General Assembly of the twenty-first instant, were received...

...require that courts should lean against such a construction. Ibid. 324. The act of Pennsylvania of 1779, "for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania, in this commonwealth," did not confiscate lands of the proprietaries which were within the lines of manors; nor were the same...

...assembly, should cease, the trustees of the loan office only excepted. It probably will be said, that the act "for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania in this commonwealth," asserts, that all titles and claims derived under them, their officer, or others by them duly appointed,...

...it were private property of the proprietaries, and as such it was regarded in the Act of Assembly of November 27th, 1779, entitled " An Act for vesting...Proprietaries of Pennsylvania in this Commonwealth.'' THE MANOR OP PITTSBURGH. By the Charter of Charles II., the absolute ownership of the soil within the...

...were reserved a small annual sum, called quit-rents. In the year 1779, the legislature passed an act, entitled "an act for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania in this com monwealth," by one section of which, the proprietary tenths, or manors, are granted to the 297*]...