Goldstein v. Heirs & Assigns of Cloyd

Gawthrop, P. J.,

Plaintiff brought an action to quiet title to real estate. Service was made by publication under appropriate order. No answer being filed, he moved for judgment in his favor. At that time, the court raised the question whether title to the cemetery plot involved, containing bodies interred in marked graves, may be obtained by adverse possession. After argument, the matter is before us for decision. The relief sought may not properly be granted.

One James Cloyd, in 1752, became owner of certain lands in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, containing substantial acreage.…