Hancock v. McAvoy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 142, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Geo. W. Hancock, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1889, on verdict for defendant, Thos. B. McAvoy. Trespass to recover damages to eighty-two cemetery lots situate in what was formerly part of the Phila. Cemetery Co. now occupied by defendant. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 142, Jan. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Geo. W. Hancock, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1889, on verdict for defendant, Thos. B. McAvoy. Trespass to recover damages to eighty-two cemetery lots situate in what was formerly part of the Phila. Cemetery Co. now occupied by defendant. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. On the trial, before Pennypacker, J., the deeds of Wood, Zieber and Lisle, quitclaim deeds, recited in the opinion of the Supreme Court, were admitted, under objection. [1-4] The court also admitted under objection a decree of court…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Stebbett,
This action of trespass was brought by George W. Hancock v. Thomas B. McAvoy to recover damages alleged to have been done by the latter to certain cemetery lots claimed by plaintiff. Both parties claimed title in said lots under John W. Tilford, who, in 1848, by deed duly recorded, acquired title in fee to the twerity-two acre tract of land on part of which said lots and others were located.
To maintain the issue on his part, plaintiff gave in evidence deed, May 6, 1850, recorded September 17, 1850, from said Tilford to John M. Lisle, granting unto the said Lisle…
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