William James Sons Co. v. Hutchinson

Robinson, Judge:

In this action of ejectment, plaintiff, a corporation, sought to recover the land in controversy without tracing its title to the Commonwealth, by showing that defendants, each in possession of a separate parcel of the land', claimed title from *489a source common to that of plaintiff, and further, as an alternative, by showing that defendants held in subordination to the title of plaintiff and were estopped to deny that title. Upon writ of error to a judgment for plaintiff, through the verdict of a jury, defendants claim that a common source of title was not proved, that no…