Tillmes v. Marsh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree at Nisi Prius: In Equity: No. 71, to January Term 18681 This was a bill in equity by Augustus Tillmes against tbe New York Dyeing and Printing Establishment and Samuel Marsh.
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Appeal from the decree at Nisi Prius: In Equity: No. 71, to January Term 18681 This was a bill in equity by Augustus Tillmes against tbe New York Dyeing and Printing Establishment and Samuel Marsh. The bill charged that Hieronimus Warner at different dates purchased two lots of ground, situate on the west side of Eighth street, in the city of Philadelphia, one of them commencing 206 feet southward from Arch street, and containing in front 20 feet, and the other adjoining on the south, and containing in front 16 feet, both of the depth of 99 feet. That on February 14th 1834, the fee simple of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court -was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
The case presented by the plaintiff’s bill, • divested of immaterial circumstances, is this: William Huckel, by purchase, became the owner of two adjoining lots, which had been originally conveyed by two separate deeds to a person from whom he deduced title — one as of the width of 20 feet and the other of 16 feet.. Two houses had been built on these two lots, a three-feet wide alley being laid out between them, so as to leave about 16} feet upon each side of it. One of the houses was built entirely over the alley-way, and the party-wall…
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