Rook v. Greenewald
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Argued Feb. 10, 1903. Appeal, No. 12, Feb. T. 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., March T., 1903, No. 9, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joseph S. Rock v. Henry Greenewald. Ejectment of land in Loyalsock township. Before Mitchell, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court charged in part as follows: •[The defendant seeks by this evidence to overcome the courses and distances described in the deeds between the parties.
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Argued Feb. 10, 1903. Appeal, No. 12, Feb. T. 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., March T., 1903, No. 9, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Joseph S. Rock v. Henry Greenewald. Ejectment of land in Loyalsock township. Before Mitchell, P. J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. The court charged in part as follows: •[The defendant seeks by this evidence to overcome the courses and distances described in the deeds between the parties. In order to be successful in this effort, the court feels it is its duty to instruct you that the evidence offered by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This was an action of ejectment for a small piece of land in Loyalsock township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff and judgment being entered thereon the defendant, appellant, took this appeal. The history of the case as stated by the learned counsel for the appellant is as follows : Henry Greenewald and B. H. Detwiler, M. D., were the sole owners as tenants in common of a lot of land situated in Loyalsock township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, containing eighty-one acres and sixty perches more or less.
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