Spackman v. Steidel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 16. Trespass by Herman Steidel and Julia, his wife, in right of said wife, against Morris Spaekman to recover damages for an alleged obstruction of a right of way.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1879, No. 16. Trespass by Herman Steidel and Julia, his wife, in right of said wife, against Morris Spaekman to recover damages for an alleged obstruction of a right of way. On March BOth 1850, Josiah Leeds conveyed to Burton & Banning a lot of ground at the northeast corner of Sixth street and Columbia avenue, one hundred feet on Columbia avenue; thence northward along a twenty-feet street, forty-seven feet; thence eastward alone the head of the said twenty-feet street to a point; thence northward; thence…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Merche
This was an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for the alleged obstruction of a right of way. The land over which the defendants in error claimed the right, lies immediately west of and adjoining their lot; but in the adverse possession of the plaintiff in error. Both parties claim under title derived from Leeds. The claim of the defendants in error rests on an implied grant, by reason of their grantors having designated the western boundary of the lot as a twenty-feet street.
It is settled law in this state, that when a public street or highway is called for as a boundary in a…
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