Excerpt from Of the Limitation of Actions, and of Liens, Against Real Estate, in Pennsylvania The writer's earnest purpose herein is, and as a legislator has been, that which the Supreme Court has lately de clared to be, the most important duty of the judiciary to make the titles to real estate as certain as possible, so that every prudent and intelligent man may know what his rights are (per Black, J., 27 St. R. 17) and that he may hold his titles and abide in his home in security and peace. This volume will exhibit the proof that the deci sions of our judiciary have, of recent time, been distin guished by the high purpose of making titles to real estate as certain as possible; and if the labors of the writer shall, in any degree, aid in that attainment, it will be the highest satisfaction expected from them. It is believed that the almost daily transactions within this commonwealth, demanding an accurate knowledge of the liens and limitations affecting real estate, amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars; yet no work even enu merates those liens, or defines the limitations of their duration, or of the periods when titles become invulnerable by lapse of time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.