Hershey Et Ux. v. Poorbaugh

Baldeige, J.,

Opinion by

The plaintiffs and defendant in this ejectment suit are the owners of adjoining lots fronting on the north side of West Union Street in the Borough of Somerset. The strip of ground in dispute is 3 feet wide by 105 feet deep located on the eastern side of plaintiffs’ lot. The defendant claims title thereto by adverse possession. The parties agreed to submit the issues involved to a judge without a jury. A trial was had and the judge filed an opinion in which he held that the plaintiffs had proven a paper title, but “failed to establish legal title to and right of…