Bright v. Allan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 380, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 5, on bill in equity in case of Joseph C. Bright and George L. Bright v. Thomas G. Allan. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 380, Jan. T., 1901, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1899, No. 5, on bill in equity in case of Joseph C. Bright and George L. Bright v. Thomas G. Allan. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Make, J. In addition to the facts stated in the report of Bright v. Allan, appellant, supra, it appeared that the complainants presented the following request for a finding of conclusion of law: 6. Under the uncontradicted evidence in the case, the wall erected by the owners of the Bright lot for their brick addition in the rear of their original building, was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This is an appeal from the same decree just considered on the appeal of Thomas G. Allan. Complaint is here made of the finding of fact by the court below that the part of the wall forty-seven feet eight inches in length between the original brick buildings was a party wall, and it is alleged that the court *397was in error in its conclusion of law that the use made of this wall was proper.
It appears from the evidence that this wall was built prior to 1848, and has been used as a party wall from that time to the present. It was built by Silliman, who was at the time…
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