Bird's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county: Of May Term 1879, No. 47. This was a bill in equity filed by Joseph Bird against Charles A. Godcharles and others, trading as C. A. Godcharles & Co., to restrain defendants from removing certain shops and machinery. The material facts are stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county: Of May Term 1879, No. 47. This was a bill in equity filed by Joseph Bird against Charles A. Godcharles and others, trading as C. A. Godcharles & Co., to restrain defendants from removing certain shops and machinery. The material facts are stated in the opinion of this court. The court, Rockefeller, P. J., made a decree confirming the report of the masters, dissolving a special injunction •which'had been granted, and dismissing the plaintiff’s bill with costs. Prom this decree Bird took this appeal. The appellees did not want Bird…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
It would serve no good purpose and protract this opinion to an unreasonable extent, were we to review this case in detail. The printed testimony covers one hundred and eighty-three pages, while the masters’ .report covers one hundred and seventy-five pages. Yet the contention was about a very simple matter. The plaintiff and the defendants became joint owners by purchase, at a judicial sale, of the real estate and property of the Northumberland- Gar and Manufacturing Company, situate in the borough of Northumberland; the plaintiff being the owner of the undivided one-fourth and the defendants…
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