Dobson v. Hohenadel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 98, Jan. T., 1891, by plaintiffs, John Dobson et al., from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., in favor of defendant, John W. Hohenadel, on case stated. Case stated to determine the title of plaintiffs, grantors, to a piece of land dedicated by them as a street in their deed to defendant, grantee, and afterwards surrendered by the city of Philadelphia. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 98, Jan. T., 1891, by plaintiffs, John Dobson et al., from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., in favor of defendant, John W. Hohenadel, on case stated. Case stated to determine the title of plaintiffs, grantors, to a piece of land dedicated by them as a street in their deed to defendant, grantee, and afterwards surrendered by the city of Philadelphia. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court below having entered judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appealed, the case stated having reserved a right of appeal to either party.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The plaintiffs’ deed to Hohenadel was made in July, 1873. It conveyed lots Nos. 51 to 55 inclusive, on “ a certain plan of building lots in the 28th ward of the city of Philadelphia, prepared for John and James Dobson in May, 1873, by John H. Levering, surveyor of the 8th district of Philadelphia.” The lots were also described by metes and bounds, as one piece of land, and as bounded on the southwest by the Philadelphia & Norristown Railroad. At this time the city plan of streets in the 8th district of Philadelphia showed a plotted street called “ The…
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