Palmer v. Farrell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EKE OR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 8 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 296 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 110 June Term 1885, C. P. No. 8. On May 12,1885, Lydia P. Palmer, and by subsequent substitution, Alfred Palmer in her stead, William H. Force, Jr., and Hannah Force, his wife, formerly Hannah Palmer, in right of said wife, brought ejectment against Hamilton Farrell and Ann F. Farrell, his wife, in right of said wife, to recover about 26 acres of land in…
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EKE OR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 8 OE PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 296 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 110 June Term 1885, C. P. No. 8. On May 12,1885, Lydia P. Palmer, and by subsequent substitution, Alfred Palmer in her stead, William H. Force, Jr., and Hannah Force, his wife, formerly Hannah Palmer, in right of said wife, brought ejectment against Hamilton Farrell and Ann F. Farrell, his wife, in right of said wife, to recover about 26 acres of land in the 27th (formerly the 24th) ward, Philadelphia; the land lying on the west side of the Schuylkill, about opposite Point…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Clark :
This is an action of ejectment, brougñt to recover about 26 acres of land, situate on the west side of the Schuylkill, opposite Point Breeze, in the Twenty-seventh ward of the city of Philadelphia. The description contained in the writ is not printed, but, according to the plaintiffs’ paper book, the disputed property is “ flat land,” bounded on the north by a line run upon the dike or artificial bank of the Schuylkill river, on the south by low-water mark, and on the east and west by the projection to low-water mark of the side lines of a ten acre meadow, or fast…
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