Carr v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of Alleghany county. Samuel Carr against Mary Wallace. This was an action for a disturbance of the plaintiff’s right of common upon a piece of land in the town of Alleghany. The plaintiff’s right was founded upon his title to part of an inlot in the town, and an outlot. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This is an action on the case brought for the purpose of testing the tille to fourteen acres of land, now occupied as a theological seminary by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. The plaintiff declares as a part owner of one of the inlots in the town of Alleghany; and in his second count as the owner of an outlot attached to the town ; and in support of his declaration he has shown title to part of an outlot, and also to a portion of an inlot in the town. The learned judge of the district court has given a brief but accurate…
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