Young v. Sweigart
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 316, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lancaster Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 50, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James Edward Young et al. v. Frank B. Sweigart. Ejectment for lot in Borough of Elizabethtown. Before Landis, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 316, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lancaster Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 50, on verdict for plaintiff in case of James Edward Young et al. v. Frank B. Sweigart. Ejectment for lot in Borough of Elizabethtown. Before Landis, P. J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for plaintiff. cited as to adverse possession: Pipher v. Lodge, 16 S. & R. 214; Watson v. Gregg, 10 Watts 289; Stull v. Stull, 197 Pa. 243; Sailor v. Hertzogg, 10 Pa. 296. cited as to adverse possession: Johns v. Johns, 244 Pa. 48;…
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Head, J.,
The action was ejectment. The learned trial judge directed a verdict for the plaintiffs upon which judgment was thereafter entered and the defendant appeals. The facts, although unusual, appear to be without dispute. A brief statement of them will readily disclose the first of the two controlling propositions upon which the appellant relies. '
*527(1) It is agreed one Catharine Shaeffer was the owner in fee of the premises which are the subject of this litigation. She died in 1880 intestate as to this real estate and her title and estate necessarily then descended to her next of…
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