Mineral Railroad & Mining Co. v. Auten
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 553, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., May T., 1886, No. 161, on verdict for plaintiff. Ejectment for a tract of land in Mt. Carmel township. Before Mayer, P. J., of the 25th judicial district, specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 553, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., May T., 1886, No. 161, on verdict for plaintiff. Ejectment for a tract of land in Mt. Carmel township. Before Mayer, P. J., of the 25th judicial district, specially presiding. The land in dispute is indicated by the heavy lines in the following plan: At the trial the court under objection and exception admitted in evidence the following plan: [1] The court charged in part as follows: [Here is the William Lane, running along this line until you come to this maple corner. At that point the Jesse Evans calls…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Gbeen,
The Mineral Railroad and Mining Company, plaintiff in the court below and appellant, was the owner of four tracts of land situate in Mount Carmel township, Northumberland county, in the warrantee names of George Sheets, Andrew Shuber, George Coldrain and Jesse Evans. Three of these tracts, the Sheets, Shuber and Coldrain, were surveyed by William Gray, then deputy surveyor of Northumberland county, on September 2 and 3, 1784, in pursuance of warrants dated July 1, 1784, and constitute a block of surveys which is known as the “Ball Block.” The Evans tract was…
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