Wickham v. Twaddell
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 167, Oet. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Chester Co., No. 392, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of Henry Wickham v. John P. Twaddell. Bill in equity for an injunction. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinionby
W. D. Porter, J.,
The plaintiff and defendant are residents and property owners in the unincorporated town of Devon, located in East-town township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, and both claim title through Coffin and Altemus, the dedicators of the “Plan of Devon.” The plaintiff seeks to have the defendant enjoined from occupying for private purposes and excluding the public from certain portions of Dorset and Exeter avenues, and maintaining fences and hedges within the lines of said streets as dedicated by their common predecessors in title. The learned judge of the court below found…
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