Goepp v. Gartiser
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an ejectment by Charles Goepp against Zepherin Gartiser, for a house and lot of ground on the east side of Fifth street, between Morris and Moore streets, in the city of Philadelphia. In 1851, Samuel Ebert was the owner' of 21 lots of ground, occupying the east side of Fifth street, between Morris and Moore streets. They were divided into three blocks, by two small intervening streets.
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Error, to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an ejectment by Charles Goepp against Zepherin Gartiser, for a house and lot of ground on the east side of Fifth street, between Morris and Moore streets, in the city of Philadelphia. In 1851, Samuel Ebert was the owner' of 21 lots of ground, occupying the east side of Fifth street, between Morris and Moore streets. They were divided into three blocks, by two small intervening streets. Ebert commenced the erection of 21 two-story brick dwelling-houses upon this property, one of them upon each lot. . On the 9th November 1852, before the…
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
Read, J.
In this case there was a joint lien filed against twenty-one houses, the property of the same owner, designating the amount claimed on each house, which showed on' its face that there were three distinct blocks of buildings, separated by streets; each block consisting of seven contiguous houses. The question was, whether this was a good lien, or whether it was null and void, as it appeared upon the record.
In Pennock v. Hoover, 5 Rawle 291, decided under the Acts of 1806 and 1808, it was held, that a joint claim filed against eighteen adjoining…
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