Garvey v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 91, Oct. T., 1920, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. Westmoreland Co., May T., 1918, No. 292, on verdict for defendant, in case of I. V. Garvey v. Elizabeth Thompson. Ejectment for land in Burrell Township. Before Copeland, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Errors assigned were various ridings and instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This is an action of ejectment in which judgment was entered on a verdict for defendant; plaintiff has appealed.
Both parties claim a good record title, and defendant also alleges title by adverse possession.
*355The record title, which involved no controverted questions of fact, was for the court, and the trial judge instructed thereon in favor of defendant; but, at the same time, he submitted the case to the jury for a special verdict on the issue of adverse possession, set up by defendant and denied by plaintiff.
The jury found against plaintiff generally, and,…
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