Zeller v. American International Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 311 and 312, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from orders of C. P. Delaware Co., Nos. 601 and 602, Dec. T., 1919, making absolute rules for judgment in favor of defendants on tbe pleadings, in tbe cases of Prank M. Zeller v. American International Corporation, defendant, and United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, intervening defendant, and Frank M. Zeller v. American International Corporation, American International Shipbuilding Corporation, and…
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Appeals, Nos. 311 and 312, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiff, from orders of C. P. Delaware Co., Nos. 601 and 602, Dec. T., 1919, making absolute rules for judgment in favor of defendants on tbe pleadings, in tbe cases of Prank M. Zeller v. American International Corporation, defendant, and United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, intervening defendant, and Frank M. Zeller v. American International Corporation, American International Shipbuilding Corporation, and United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, defendants. Ejectment to recover possession of 14 acres of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
Plaintiff brought two actions in ejectment against the defendants to recover an island in the Delaware River, *475the same questions arising in each. On motion judgments were entered for defendants on the pleadings. Application for patent was made by plaintiff April 12,1909, but, because two of the governors in office would not sign orders appointing appraisers for islands found vacant by the land office, the proceedings were delayed until 1917, when a report of vacañt land and an order for warrant and survey was made by the secretary of internal affairs. A caveat…
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