Orth v. Werkheiser
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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
- Johns v. JohnsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
- Wiegand v. RiojasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Shinn v. RosenbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Foley v. LyonsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1956
- Margoline v. HolefelderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
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