City of Philadelphia v. Ward
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 109, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., July T., 1891, No. 658, on verdict for plaintiff. Sterrett, C. J., dissents. Amicable action of ejectment for a triangular piece of land at the end of the South street bridge in the city of Philadelphia. Before Finletter, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The land claimed appears by the dotted lines in the following diagram.
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Appeal, No. 109, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., July T., 1891, No. 658, on verdict for plaintiff. Sterrett, C. J., dissents. Amicable action of ejectment for a triangular piece of land at the end of the South street bridge in the city of Philadelphia. Before Finletter, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The land claimed appears by the dotted lines in the following diagram. The court gave binding instructions for plaintiff. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was above instruction.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The land for the possession of which this action of ejectment was brought, is land which was taken by the city for the purpose of erecting a free bridge over the river Schuylkill at South street. The land was taken and the bridge was built, under the authority conferred by an act of assembly passed April 28, 1870, P. L. 1289. It consists of two sections and is a further supplement to the original act authorizing the structure passed' May 16, 1861. By a prior supplement passed April 5, 1866, P. L. 528, it was directed that the bridge should be built by a commission…
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