Baker v. Chester Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware county: No. 176, to January Term 1873. This ivas an amicable action for obstructing a street; Perciphor Baker was plaintiff and The Chester Gras Company were the defendants. The following facts appeared by a case stated filed in the cause.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware county: No. 176, to January Term 1873. This ivas an amicable action for obstructing a street; Perciphor Baker was plaintiff and The Chester Gras Company were the defendants. The following facts appeared by a case stated filed in the cause. On the 28th of June 1854, Thomas Maddock conveyed to Ferdinand Cornog and Cadwallader Evans, a tract of 3f acres of land in Chester, and at the same time the purchasers gave to their grantor a mortgage, which was duly recorded, for part of the purchase-money. On the 16th of September 1854, a judgment for $2000…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, February 24th 1873, by
Merger, J.
The plaintiff assigns for error the entry of judgment in favor of the defendant upon the case stated.
This depends upon the validity of the right claimed by the defendant to close up a portion of Evans street, in the city of Chester.
The land covered by this street is part of a larger lot bounded westerly by Welch street, which was purchased June 28th 1854, by Cornog & Evans. Upon the same day they executed a mortgage to the vendor to secure the payment of a part of the purchase-money. They purchased the land with a view of…
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