Lodge v. Barnett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Court at Nisi Prius. This was an action of ejectment, by Fleetwood Lodge against William Barnett, for a piece of ground in the Seventeenth Ward of the city of Philadelphia, on the east side of Fifth street, near Master street.
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Certificate from the Court at Nisi Prius. This was an action of ejectment, by Fleetwood Lodge against William Barnett, for a piece of ground in the Seventeenth Ward of the city of Philadelphia, on the east side of Fifth street, near Master street. The controversy was about a small strip of ground, seven or eight feet wide, extending across the eastern end of a lot which defendant had purchased in April 1858 from the St. George Society, but which the plaintiff claimed as part of his lot, which was purchased by him at sheriff’s sale. Both lots were formerly included in a larger one, which was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinon of the court was delivered, February 15th 1864, by
Agnew, J.
There is a single question in this case, whether the number of feet mentioned in the sheriff’s deeds of the factory lot and lot on Fifth street, is the controlling feature in the description.
George, John, and Edward Millett were the owners of a large lot of ground, which they had separated into six distinct tenements by building a mill or factory on the first portion, and five dwelling-houses, fronting on Fifth street, upon the remaining five. A fi. fa. was issued against the Milletts, in favour of Christopher Large, under…
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