Bloom v. Ferguson
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Clearfield County
No. 7 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 57 September Term 1885, C. P. On May 22, 1885, James EL Ferguson, brought ejectment against Matthew Bloom and others to recover a parcel of land containing 19 acres and 38 perches in Ferguson township. Issue. At the trial on May 15,1888, it was shown that the plaintiff claimed title to the land in dispute as part of the John Steiner survey, while the defendant claimed title to it as part of the Abram Scott survey.
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No. 7 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 57 September Term 1885, C. P. On May 22, 1885, James EL Ferguson, brought ejectment against Matthew Bloom and others to recover a parcel of land containing 19 acres and 38 perches in Ferguson township. Issue. At the trial on May 15,1888, it was shown that the plaintiff claimed title to the land in dispute as part of the John Steiner survey, while the defendant claimed title to it as part of the Abram Scott survey. The plan immediately following represents a connected draft of the official returns of these surveys with those of two other…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Williams :
In the case of Grier v. Penna. Coal Company we have held, in an opinion filed at the present term [ante, p. 79], that the exterior lines of a block of surveys must be located in accordance with the marks of the surveyor, made or adopted for the survey, and now found on the ground. When these fail, resort must be had to the calls, if any, returned by the deputy surveyor ; and, in the absence of calls, then to the presumption that the lines were run as they are returned. We have now *377the case of two surveys, interior members of a block, between which no division…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pruner v. BrisbinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- Malone v. SalladaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Eister v. PaulSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
- Bellas v. CleaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861
3Cited by5 opinions
- Ferguson v. Bloom, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Clearfield County1891
- Fisher v. KaufmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Hatcher v. Richmond & Chesapeake Bay Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1909
- Morrison v. SeamanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Bushey v. South Mount. M. & I. Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County1890