Ormsby v. Pinkerton
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 434, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, Robert D. Pinkerton, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 197, on verdict for plaintiff, Henry G. Ormsby. Trespass for breaking down gate in line fence between plaintiff’s and defendant’s properties. Before Finletter, P. J. At the trial, it appeared that plaintiff owned a house fronting on Wheat street, and that defendant owned a house fronting on Lancaster street.
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Appeal, No. 434, Jan. T., 1893, by defendant, Robert D. Pinkerton, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 197, on verdict for plaintiff, Henry G. Ormsby. Trespass for breaking down gate in line fence between plaintiff’s and defendant’s properties. Before Finletter, P. J. At the trial, it appeared that plaintiff owned a house fronting on Wheat street, and that defendant owned a house fronting on Lancaster street. The lots of the two houses adjoined on the rear, and were separated by a partition fence. Both parties claimed title from J. S. C. Klinger. Defendant claimed…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Stebbett,
By agreement of parties, all title papers relating to the lots *460in question were put in evidence, but we have not been furnished with copies thereof. It is conceded, however, that there is nothing in the chain of title to either lot that imposes any servitude on plaintiff’s lot for the benefit of defendant’s adjoining lot, — nothing that gives the latter any right of way into or over plaintiff’s premises, or any right to maintain a gate in the .partition fence between said lots for the purpose of access to the hydrant on plaintiff’s property, or for any…
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