Collam v. Hocker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which a verdict and judgment were returned in favour of the plaintiff below. It was an action on the case, to recover damages for a disturbance of a right of way. On the trial below it appeared, that John Hocker (the plaintiff below) and Christopher Hocker, were, on the 17th day of September, 1822, tenants in common of a messuage and lot of ground on ■ Green Street.
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Writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which a verdict and judgment were returned in favour of the plaintiff below. It was an action on the case, to recover damages for a disturbance of a right of way. On the trial below it appeared, that John Hocker (the plaintiff below) and Christopher Hocker, were, on the 17th day of September, 1822, tenants in common of a messuage and lot of ground on ■ Green Street. They also owned, in severalty, the two adjoining houses to the east, the middle house being Christopher’s, and the easternmost John’s. The ground on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by •
Smith, J.
This case comes before the court, upon a writ of error to the District-Court for the, city and county of Philadelphia. It wás ah action' of trespass on the case, brought by the defendant in error- against the plaintiff belovvy for obstructing' his right of way. ' . • • . -
The plea was, not guilty.
The cause was tried on the'i7th day of April, ÍS26. On the trial in the court below, the plaintiff, the now defendant in error, gave in evidence, that he and his brother, Christopher Hocker, were, on the 17th day of September, 1822, seised in their…
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