Legal Opinion

Tompkins Et Ux v. Headley

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 4, 1929No. Appeal 24PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

An issue in ejectment was framed in the court below to try the title to a small piece of land, in the form of a triangle, between two dwellings in the borough of Waymart, Wayne County, in which William C. Headley, who has the paper title, was made defendant and Jesse B. Tompkins and Cora Tompkins, his wife, claiming by adverse possession, were made plaintiffs.

The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for a part of the land described in the petition for the rule; the trial judge granted defendant’s motion for judgment in his favor n. o. v. and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Johns v. JohnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Schuldt v. Reading Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  3. De Haven v. LandellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
  4. Baker v. BloomSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Seaman v. WaltemireSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ontelaunee Orchards, Inc. v. RothermelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939

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