Thompson v. DeLong
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 3917, on verdict for plaintiff in the case of W. Austin Thompson v. John W. DeLong, defendant, deceased, J. Wayne DeLong, Admr. c. t. a., substituted of record. Trespass for alleged encroachment over division line. Before Patterson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $825 and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No. 161, Oct. T., 1918, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 3917, on verdict for plaintiff in the case of W. Austin Thompson v. John W. DeLong, defendant, deceased, J. Wayne DeLong, Admr. c. t. a., substituted of record. Trespass for alleged encroachment over division line. Before Patterson, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict for plaintiff for $825 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned., amongst others, were the admission of testimony of John W. Emory as an expert witness, answers to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The parties to the action were respectively owners of abutting lots on Chelten avenue and on each lot there was erected a dwelling house, separated from the other by a dividing wall, the two houses being what are commonly called, twin houses. They were built back from the street about twenty feet and the center wall had been in place since 1884. The defendant tore down his house and in place thereof erected a garage which extended along the old wall and beyond it at both ends. It is claimed that the defendant in the space beyond the wall went over the line and thus…
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