Herbert v. Rainey
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
In Equity. Bill by George W. and Thomas Herbert and others against W. J. Rainey to enjoin the erection and maintenance of a nuisance.
1Opinion of the Court
ACHESON, Circuit Judge.
The Youghiogheny River 031 Company, being the owner of a tract of land containing 34 acres, in or shortly before the year 1872, laid out the land into lots and streets, and called the place the town of Sedgwick. The streets were marked on the ground by stakes, and a draft or plan of the town was made by the company, and exhibited by its agent. This plan, it would_ seem, has been lost or mislaid.
By deed dated March 5, 1872, and duly recorded on October 29tb of the same year, the company convéyed to Elizabeth Dean one of the town lots, described in the deed as “all that…
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