Legal Opinion

Kron v. Daugherty

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 21, 1898No. Appeal, No. 19PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 19, April T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 61, on verdict for plaintiff. Ejectment. Before Rayburn, P. J. It appears from tbe record and evidence that this was an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiff against defendant to recover a lot of ground thirty-three feet nine inches in width and twenty-six feet six inches in depth, and arises from the following state of facts: On the 31st of May, 1865, Wm.

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Appeal, No. 19, April T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 61, on verdict for plaintiff. Ejectment. Before Rayburn, P. J. It appears from tbe record and evidence that this was an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiff against defendant to recover a lot of ground thirty-three feet nine inches in width and twenty-six feet six inches in depth, and arises from the following state of facts: On the 31st of May, 1865, Wm. F. Johnston and John Gil-pin were the owners of out lot No. 7, Kittanmng, Pa., and on that day sold the same to George B. Daugherty…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Orlady, J.,

This action of ejectment was brought to recover a strip of ground in the borough of Kittanning, on the trial of which the court refused all points submitted by the defendant, and directed the jury to return a verdict in accordance with the only point submitted by the plaintiff.

The land in dispute was a part of a tract which was designated in the general plan of the borough as outlot No. 7, and which, by a sketch in a deed of Johnston & Gilpin to George B. Daugherty and Harmer D. Daugherty, dated May 31,1865, was subdivided into four purparts, so that an alley ten feet…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lodge v. BarnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1864
  2. Morse v. RollinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  3. Dawson v. MillsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858
  4. Caldwell v. HollerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
  5. Jones v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. McClelland v. Cragle, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1992

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