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2 Watts & Serg. 27

Cook v. Nicholas

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 15, 1841

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1841-07-15

Henry Nicholas and wife, Walter Smirall and wife, and Lyman Barney and wife, against Stephen Cook. This was an action of ejectment for fifty acres of land. • The plaintiffs were the heirs of Thomas Mattison, who died 24th of December 1815. Before, and at the time of his death, he was in possession of the premises in dispute.

Relies on Dawson v. M'Gill

Decided 1841-07-15

Per Curiam.

¶1There is no substance in the assignment of errors, and we notice the case particularly, only because it presents an opportunity to supply what was omitted in Dawson v. M’Gill, (4 Whart. 230) by stating, as the subject has been mentioned during the argument, that a plaintiff in ejectment shall not *29be allowed to give evidence of mesne profits, unless he shall give notice of it in time for preparation to encounter it. No notice was given here, and the matter passed without objection; hereafter the practice will be different.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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