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Hileman v. Hollidaysburg Borough

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 13, 1911No. Appeal, No. 63PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal, No. 63, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., Equity Docket “D,” No. 693, on bill in equity.in case of Laura M. Hileman et al. v. Hollidaysburg Borough. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Shull, P. J.. specially presiding.

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Appeal, No. 63, Oct. T., 1910, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Blair Co., Equity Docket “D,” No. 693, on bill in equity.in case of Laura M. Hileman et al. v. Hollidaysburg Borough. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Shull, P. J.. specially presiding. The court below found the facts to be as follows: 1. The borough of Hollidaysburg, defendant, is a municipality duly organized and existing under the laws of this commonwealth regulating boroughs. 2. That, in the year 1877, there was plotted on the outskirts of said borough, into lots, a piece of ground, laying out by plan and draft,…

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Head, J.,

The plaintiffs took title to the lot out of which this controversy arises by deed dated October 1, 1888. That deed conveyed to them “all that lot or parcel of ground, being part of lots Nos. 13 and 14 in the borough of Hollidaysburg, fronting 50 feet on Penn street and running at right angles with Hickory street one hundred and six *44feet, which includes a ten foot alley to be left open to the Over alley.” It further appears that in 1877 one of their predecessors in title, being the owner of a larger piece of ground including that conveyed as above, laid the same out in a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Quicksall v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  2. Commonwealth v. MooreheadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  3. City of Pittsburg v. Epping-Carpenter Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Commonwealth v. ShoemakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  5. Osterheldt v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Milford Borough v. BurnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Pittsburgh v. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. State RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  4. Hawkes v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  5. Keifer AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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