Knoblauch v. Bankes

Koch, J.,

This action was brought to recover possession of a strip of ground about six feet wide, situate on the southern side of Worman Street, in the City of Pottsville. The defendant’s house covers the northern end of the strip for a distance of 44 feet and 3 inches. The strip varies in width and is 89 feet 6 inches long.

All the testimony in the case had been received and was closed at noon on the third day of the trial. When the court reconvened at 1.30 P. M. of that day, counsel for the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict in her favor, “on the ground that the plaintiff had…