Miles v. Pennsylvania Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 334, Jan. T., 1913, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 557, on verdict for defendant in case of William Miles, Caroline E. Miles, Caroline A. James, Ada E. Carter, Heirs and Administrators of the Estate of William Miles, Deceased, Caroline A. James, Administratrix of the Estate of W. A. James, Deceased, and William Repp v. Pennsylvania Coal Company. Ejectment for the recovery of land in Lackawanna County.
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Appeal, No. 334, Jan. T., 1913, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 557, on verdict for defendant in case of William Miles, Caroline E. Miles, Caroline A. James, Ada E. Carter, Heirs and Administrators of the Estate of William Miles, Deceased, Caroline A. James, Administratrix of the Estate of W. A. James, Deceased, and William Repp v. Pennsylvania Coal Company. Ejectment for the recovery of land in Lackawanna County. Before Seaele, P. J. From the record it appeared that both parties claimed that the land in dispute was included in patents from the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The numerous assignments of error in this case raise many interesting questions of law, but as we view the record a discussion of a very few of the legal positions pressed upon us by learned counsel will suffice to dispose of the present controversy. We will not therefore undertake to follow the printed argument by discussing the specifications of error separately. It must be conceded on all sides, indeed it is conceded, that if a consentable line marked on the ground was recognized and acquiesced in by the adjoining landowners since 1868, a permanent boundary was…
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