Farmers' Northern Market Co. v. Gallagher

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Farmers’ Northern Market Company filed a complaint to qniet title to the right to the nse of an alley 12 feet wide which was part of the land owned by plaintiff. Defendants, whose property abuts the alley, claimed an irrevocable right to use the alley and to maintain a fire escape overhanging the alley which they acquired by prescription.

Plaintiff* is the owner of a market house property (which has since been abandoned for market purposes), situate on the northwest corner of North Queen Street and West Walnut Street and extends the length of the block to Market…