Schall v. Williams Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was an ejectment by the President and Directors of the Williams Valley Eailroad Company, against John Schall and Andrew Jones, for a tract of 144 acres of land in Lower Mahantongo township.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Schuylkill county. This was an ejectment by the President and Directors of the Williams Valley Eailroad Company, against John Schall and Andrew Jones, for a tract of 144 acres of land in Lower Mahantongo township. The facts of the case are fully stated in the following charge to the jury, delivered in the court below by Graham, P. J.:— “ The plaintiff in this ejectment claims to recover 144 acres and allowance, situate in Lower Mahantongo township, Schuylkill county. The land in controversy was granted by the Commonwealth to John Lesher, by warrant dated Bd…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
All the Material facts of this case lie within a narrow compass. The plaintiffs showed a perfect paper title to the land in controversy, from John Lesher, the original warrantee of the Commonwealth. Deriving their title through Schwartz and Snavely, they showed that when the latter purchased there was no- inconsistent title on record, and no possession to give notice of an adverse right. Daubert, who was on the ground at the time, was a mere intruder, and claimed under neither title that is in question here. The plaintiffs claimed,…
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