Shamokin Valley Railroad v. Livermore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by Alonzo Livermore and James Malone against The Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad Company, The Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad Company, and Edward S. Whelan, for sixteen lots of ground in the borough of Sunbury. The plaintiffs claimed under a sheriff’s sale on a judgment in favour of Alonzo Livermore against The Philadelphia and Sun-bury Railroad Company.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. This was an action of ejectment by Alonzo Livermore and James Malone against The Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad Company, The Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad Company, and Edward S. Whelan, for sixteen lots of ground in the borough of Sunbury. The plaintiffs claimed under a sheriff’s sale on a judgment in favour of Alonzo Livermore against The Philadelphia and Sun-bury Railroad Company. The defendants claimed as vendees of the sheriff on a sale made under a mortgage by said company to Joseph R. Priestly, trustee, which covered the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
This was an ejectment in the court below, in which Alonzo Livermore and James Malone were the plaintiffs, and The Shamokin Yalley and Pottsville Railroad Company et al. were the defendants. It was brought for sixteen lots in the borough of Sunbury.
The Danville and Pottsville Railroad Company was incorporated in 1826, and in 1828 were authorized to construct a branch railroad to the Susquehanna at or near the town of Sunbury. The sixteen lots in question were conveyed to this company early in the year 1835. The intention of the company was to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Susquehanna Canal Co. v. BonhamSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
3Cited by3 opinions
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- City of Philadelphia ex rel. Pugh v. Philadelphia & Reading RailroadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. Tobyhanna Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911