Grier v. Penna. Coal Co.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
No. 388 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No 438 October Term 1884, C. P. On August 11, 1884, Isaac X. Grier and Mary P. Davis, widow and sole devisee of W. H. -Davis, deceased, brought ejectment against the Pennsylvania Coal -Company, to recover a tract of land situate ,m the boroughs of Dunmore, Dixon and Olyphant. Issue.
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No. 388 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No 438 October Term 1884, C. P. On August 11, 1884, Isaac X. Grier and Mary P. Davis, widow and sole devisee of W. H. -Davis, deceased, brought ejectment against the Pennsylvania Coal -Company, to recover a tract of land situate ,m the boroughs of Dunmore, Dixon and Olyphant. Issue. The facts disclosed at the trial on December 10, 1886, will best appear from the charge to the jury, Mayer, P. J., 25th district, and the accompanying map: The plaintiffs, Isaac X. Grier and Mary P. Davis, widow and devisee of William H. Davis, are the owners of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Williams :
There are three blocks of surveys whose lines are involved in this controversy. The first on the ground is the Chapman block, which was surveyed by the deputy surveyor in May, 1793. The next is the Branham block, in which the plaintiffs’ tracts lie, which was surveyed in May, 1794. The third and youngest is the block of which defendant’s tracts are a part, which was surveyed in October 1794.
There- is no dispute over the general location of either of these blocks, but the controversy relates to the north line of the Branham, which is the boundary between the two…
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