De Haven v. Landell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an ejectment by George Landell against George De Haven, for a triangular lot of ground, on the easterly side of Cherry street, in what was formerly the District of Kensington, but now the Eighteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an ejectment by George Landell against George De Haven, for a triangular lot of ground, on the easterly side of Cherry street, in what was formerly the District of Kensington, but now the Eighteenth Ward of the City of Philadelphia. The locus in quo is marked a, b, c, in the following diagram:— In 1730, Anthony Palmer acquired title in a tract of land, containing 191J acres, situate in what was called by William Penn, the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia. Palmer gave this tract the name of Kensington; it comprehended the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, for the recovery of a small piece of ground situate on the éasterly side of Cherry street, in the city of Philadelphia, in what was formerly known as the district of Kensington. The first assignment of error, on the record, is, “ that the judge refused to charge that the paper title of the plaintiff in error, defendant below, is superior to that of *124the defendant in error and plaintiff below.” Both parties derive title for the ground in question from…
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