Wolf v. Wolf
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1893, by defendants, Isaiah Wolf and George Crissman, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 186, on verdict for plaintiff, Jacob Wolf. Trespass q. e. f. for cutting timber. Before Rayburn, P. J. At the trial, it appeared that, on April 18, 1860, John Gil-pin and William F. Johnson conveyed by deed to plaintiff a tract of land, of which the land upon which the alleged trespass was committed was a part.
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Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1893, by defendants, Isaiah Wolf and George Crissman, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1891, No. 186, on verdict for plaintiff, Jacob Wolf. Trespass q. e. f. for cutting timber. Before Rayburn, P. J. At the trial, it appeared that, on April 18, 1860, John Gil-pin and William F. Johnson conveyed by deed to plaintiff a tract of land, of which the land upon which the alleged trespass was committed was a part. Evidence on behalf of defendants tended to show that prior to 1860 Daniel Wolf, defendant’s father, and Jacob Wolf, plaintiff, both lived upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
There seems to be a serious inconsistency between the general charge of the learned court below and the answer to the plaintiff’s third point. There was considerable testimony to the long continued possession of Daniel Wolf and his children of the land in controversy, and of an ancient possession in common with Jacob Wolf, the plaintiff. It was not at all disputed that Daniel Wolf and his family had lived on, and cultivated, a portion of the entire tract from a time prior to the year 1860, perhaps as far back as 1854. It was also in full proof that during this…
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