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Court Case, ‘McAninch and Wife v. Laughlin’, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1850 |
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Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. |
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Chronological summary of events up to May 1850: |
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bef. 1809 |
James McKee marries Mary (maiden name unknown) [date, place unknown] |
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bef. 1809 |
James and Mary McKee have two sons, James Mckee Jr. (the older son), |
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and Henry McKee (the younger son) |
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in 1809 |
James McKee (Sr.) dies in 1809 (his Will dated 28 Mar. 1809) |
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aft. 1809 |
Mary McKee (widow of James) continues to live on the McKee land |
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in 1815 |
Alexander McAninch marries widow Mary McKee [exact date, place unknown] |
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aft. 1815 |
Alexander and Mary (McKee) McAninch continued to live on the McKee land |
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bef. 1830 |
James McKee Jr. dies (still a minor, under 21) (eldest son of James and Mary); |
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Henry McKee inherits title to the McKee land (second son of James and Mary) |
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aft. 1835 |
Alexander and Mary (McKee) McAninch were married over 20 years, and that |
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Mary McAninch is still living [1842]; in fact [for over 20 years] “she remained |
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on the [McKee] land until it came into the hands of Laughlin” [ca. 1840-1841?] |
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bef. 1842 |
William P. Laughlin buys the McKee land “by a sheriff's deed” . . . “subject to |
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the said Mary McKee's claim” . . . “by right of her deceased husband” [‘dower’] |
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Apr. 1842 |
Alexander McAninch, Mary McAninch, and William P. Laughlin, agree to have |
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the land appraised, appoint Finley, Hudson, and Campbell to make valuation |
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ca. 1843 |
first year's rent of $30 was paid by him [Laughlin] to plaintiff [McAninch] |
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[did Alexander and Mary (McKee) McAninch move off of the McKee land?] |
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aft. 1843 |
Court of Common Pleas, Huntingdon County; presumably, Laughlin did not |
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continue the annual payments, so, McAninch (plaintiff) took the agreement |
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to court, but the original judgment was rendered for "defendant, Laughlin" |
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bef. 1850 |
McAninch appealed the case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, “for error” |
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May 1850 |
McAninch won the appeal, decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: |
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“Disposition: Judgment reversed and venire facias de novo awarded.” [‘new trial’] |
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Extracts from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case record |
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[Alexander] McAninch and Wife v. [William] Laughlin. |
[Note 1] |
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania / 13 Pa. 371; 1850 Pa. Lexis 83 / May, 1850, Decided |
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Prior History. / Error to the Common Pleas of Huntingdon county. |
[Note 2] |
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This was an action of Covenant by McAninch [3] and Mary his wife, late Mary McKee [4], |
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widow of James McKee, vs. Laughlin, on an article of agreement hereafter stated. . . . |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XV n.1 / January 2007 / Copyright Frank McAninch / page 2007-03 |