Case Name: The same Cause
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1782-04
Citations: 1 Dall. 68
Docket Number: 
Parties: The same Cause.
Judges: 
Reporter: Dallas
Volume: 1
Pages: 68–68

Head Matter:
The same Cause.
LEWIS moved in arrest of judgment, on two grounds: 1st. For that the indictment stated, “that the prosecutor was seized in his demesne as of fee,” without saying when he was seized; so that it might be he was seized at the time of the indictment found, and not at the time of the forcible entry.-2d. For that the indictment stated “that he was seized in his demesne as of fee,” and “his peaceable possession thereof as aforesaid continued until &c.” which is repugnant and inconsistent, in as much as he could not be both seized and possessed at the same time.

Opinion:
But
the Court
over-ruled both objections: And M'Kean C. J. said, that the words, "his peaceable possesion thereof as aforesaid," were surplusage and ought to be rejected.
See 1 Inst. 303. 4.