Lawver v. Anderson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1915, No. 645, for defendant non obstante veredicto, in the case of Emery D. Lawver v. A. R. Anderson. Ejectment for possession of a piece of ground on Somerset Street, Sixth Ward, in the City of Johnstown. Before Bailey, P. J., 20th Judicial District, specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cambria Co., June T., 1915, No. 645, for defendant non obstante veredicto, in the case of Emery D. Lawver v. A. R. Anderson. Ejectment for possession of a piece of ground on Somerset Street, Sixth Ward, in the City of Johnstown. Before Bailey, P. J., 20th Judicial District, specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Subsequently the court, on motion, entered judgment in favor of the defendant non obstante veredicto. Plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
The action was ejectment. The case was tried to a conclusion before a court and jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. Thereafter the court below set aside the verdict and entered a judgment n. o. v. in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
The contention between the parties turns upon the proper construction of a deed, made and recorded in 1866, by the heirs of John Dibert, Sr., deceased, to Mary W. Dibert. The identity of the land conveyed by that deed is to be gathered partly from the words of description and partly by the aid of a map or plan of lots…
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