 According to Dallas's annotations, the case involved the description of a tract of land within the Pennsylvania colony.The issue was whether the Book of Memorandums of the Secretary of the Land Office, which bore the Warrant of Survey conducted by the Surveyor General, was admissible into evidence.Dallas reports that the Court noted that the Book was "of Consequence" and that the Court urged "the other side" (which side, is not revealed) to consent to the Book's being given in evidence.