Boyer v. Lengel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 23, Jan. T., 1908, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1901, No. 115, on verdict for defendants in case of Mahlon H. Boyer and J. W. Beecher v. Paul L. Lengel et al. Ejectment for land in Pingrove township. Before Marr, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
In submitting this case to the jury they were instructed that, in the opinion of the court, plaintiffs had shown a good paper title, which should prevail, unless the defendants had acquired one by adverse possession. In his charge the learned trial judge explained fully and correctly what the defendants were required to prove in support of the title which they set up. The jury were told: “When parties claim title by adverse possession, by virtue of the statute of limitations, it *358has been said time after time that that possession must be a hostile, adverse, open, visible, notorious,…
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