Norris v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 112, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Oo., May T., 1905, No. 347, on verdict for defendant in case of James M. Norris and Grizzie G. Norris, his wife, v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company and Charles D. Foster. Ejectment for land in Plymouth township. Before Ferris, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for defendants under binding instructions.
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Appeal, No. 112, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Oo., May T., 1905, No. 347, on verdict for defendant in case of James M. Norris and Grizzie G. Norris, his wife, v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company and Charles D. Foster. Ejectment for land in Plymouth township. Before Ferris, J. At the trial the jury returned a verdict for defendants under binding instructions. On a rule for a new trial Ferris, J., filed the following opinion: On and before February 2, 1882, Sarah Horton was the owner in fee of fourteen acres of land in the said township, being part…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of ejectment to recover the undivided one-sixth interest in fourteen acres of coal land in Plymouth township, Luzerne county. Mrs. Norris, one of the plaintiffs, claims title to the land by virtue of a commissioners’ sale for unpaid taxes. In his opinion refusing the motion for a new trial, the learned judge has found and stated at length the facts of the case and they need not be repeated here. His instruction to the jury to find a verdict for the defendants was warranted by the evidence.
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