The Lancaster Bar; 1877-1878 Volume 9 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...Hetty Watson, Maria Watson and Jane Watson, defendants in the action of ejectment, appeared by attorney; although at the institution of the suit, and at the time of their appearance, and at the time of the trial and rendition of judgment, they were minors under the age of twenty-one years. To which the defendant replied, by his plea, that before the return day of the writ of ejectment Jane Watson was (viz.: on the 6th June, 1826, ) duly appointed by the Orphans Court of Lancaster County guardian over the persons and estates of her children, the minors aforesaid; that the said June Watson, who was codefendant in that suit, and one of the plaintiffs in error, employed James Hopkins and John R. Montgomery, esquires, to appear as counsel in the action of ejectment, not only for the purpose of defending her own rights, but also the rights of her said wards. That the said James Hopkins and John R. Montgomery, upon the return of the writ of eject-ment upon the 12th of June ensuing, appeared for all the defendants, and entered their appearance of record, and on the 11th of September, 1826, put in the plea of not guilty for all the defendants; that the said Jane Watson, guardian, etc., personally attended on the 6th of December, 1826, at the trial of the cause, and that the plamtifi s in error never alleged, during the whole trial, nor until after verdict, that the minors were not defending the said ejectment by their guardian, Jane Watson; that after verdict the defendants (now plaintiflb in error) on the 8th of December, 1826, moved the court for a new trial, alleging as a reason the infancy of the above named minors, verified by the atfidavit of David Watson, and not by the oath of Jane Watson, their guardian; and that...