Legal Opinion

Estate of Spickler v. County of Lancaster Board of Commissioners

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 16, 1990No. 1467PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing exceptions to a memorandum opinion in a quiet title action. The action was brought to litigate the existence of an easement over property which was formerly a railroad bed. The trial court found that no such easement existed and appellant has appealed raising several allegations of error and arguments in its favor, included among them, that there existed an *544easement by operation of the Railroad Act of 1849. We reverse.

The facts of relevance are: Appellant, Estate of Spickler, brought this action to quiet title to an easement purportedly…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dubbs v. Phila. & Reading R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  2. Green v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  3. Shepp v. Reading Belt RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. PA Energy Vision, LLC v. South Avis Realty, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  2. Kapp v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. Blackwood, Inc. v. Reading Blue Mountain & N. R.R. Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  4. Blackwood, Inc. v. Reading Blue Mt.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  5. Estate of Spickler v. County of Lancaster Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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