Edwards v. Woodruff
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, April T., 1904, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 206, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of David T. Edwards, Executor of Thomas Reese, deceased, and Jozena Reese et al. v. L. D. Woodruff et al. Trespass vi et armis. Before Savidg-e, P. J., specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 47, April T., 1904, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 206, for defendant non obstante veredicto in case of David T. Edwards, Executor of Thomas Reese, deceased, and Jozena Reese et al. v. L. D. Woodruff et al. Trespass vi et armis. Before Savidg-e, P. J., specially presiding. From the record it appealed that the plaintiff claimed title under a patent dated September 3, 1897, which was issued under the act of July 15, 1897, authorizing the patenting of lands made by fills in beds of navigable rivers. In 1899 Thomas Reese, patentee, began…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This was an action of trespass in which judgment was entered in favor of the defendants non obstante veredicto, and thereupon the plaintiffs appealed. The plaintiffs are seeking to hold a strip of land between Stoneycreek street and Stoney-creek river in Johnstown. They claim under Thos. Reese, whose title is a patent under the Act of July 15, 1897, P. L. 301. This rather questionable act died young as it was repealed by the legislature by Act of March 11, 1903, P. L. 23. We refer to this act for the purpose of saying that when suitors come into court for the purpose of…
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