City of Philadelphia v. Raup
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, July T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., Feb. T., 1885, No. 25, on verdict for defendants. Ejectment for a tract of land. Before Metzger, P. J., of the 29th judicial district, specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 48, July T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Columbia Co., Feb. T., 1885, No. 25, on verdict for defendants. Ejectment for a tract of land. Before Metzger, P. J., of the 29th judicial district, specially presiding. The facts appear hy the report of Goodman v. Sanger, 85 Pa. 37; S. C., 91 Pa. 71, and by the charge of the court, which was as follows: This is an action of ejectment, brought by the city of Philadelphia, trustee, against George Raup and Elias Steetzler, to recover the possession of a tract of land now situate in Conyngham township, Columbia county,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This is the fourth time that questions involving the title in controversy have been presented to and passed upon by this court. In Goodman v. Sanger, 85 Pa. 37; Same v. Same, 91 Pa. 71; and Sanger v. Goodman (not reported), substantially the same questions, that are now presented, were considered and disposed of. The last was a writ of error to the judgment for plaintiff below on the verdict directed by the learned trial *405judge. After referring to the fact that the case had been here twice before, the court, in unanimously affirming the judgment, said that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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