Neely v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 123, Jan. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1903, No. 3572, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Henry B. Neely, executor of Charles Blanchard, deceased, v. Philadelphia. Appeal from report of viewers.
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Appeal, No. 123, Jan. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1903, No. 3572, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Henry B. Neely, executor of Charles Blanchard, deceased, v. Philadelphia. Appeal from report of viewers. At the trial when James Lewis, a witness for plaintiff was under cross-examination, he was asked this question : “ Q. You have heard read here two deeds, where Mr. Blanchard sold the portion of his property abutting on the bed of the street to Mr. Hancock, and he sold the portion in rear of that also, fronting on Glenwood avenue, and under the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
The questions involved in this case and our decisions, including those cited here by defendant bearing thereon, have been examined and discussed in the very recent case of Fitzell v. The City of Philadelphia, 211 Pa. 1 in an elaborate opinion by Mr Justice Dean, and we, therefore, may omit a discussion of the legal principles applicable to this class of cases. There is but a single question in this case, and it is whether the grant by the executors of Charles Blanchard, deceased, to Joseph Hancock in 1887, contains an implied covenant of an easement over the…
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