Legal Opinion

Orth v. Werkheiser

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 22, 1982No. 1546PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from a final decree in equity enjoining appellants from interfering with appellees’ use of a ten foot wide dirt lane running from appellees’ property across appellants’ property to a public road. Appellees claimed, and the chancellor found, that they had acquired an easement by prescription. The chancellor therefore entered a decree nisi ordering appellants to restore the lane to its former condition and enjoining them from interfering with appellees’ use of the lane for ingress and egress. On appellants’ exceptions, the court en banc approved the chancellor’s…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Johns v. JohnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Wiegand v. RiojasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
  3. Shinn v. RosenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. Foley v. LyonsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1956
  5. Margoline v. HolefelderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Waltimyer v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. Miller v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1998
  3. Sterner v. FreedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Gehres v. Falls TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  5. Kaufer v. BeccarisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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