Legal Opinion

Kessler v. Lower Merion Township School District

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 18, 1943No. Appeal, 1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Hobace Steen,

Mrs. Sara E. Chichester was the owner of a rectangular 19-acre tract of land in Wynnewood. Fairhill Road crosses, the extreme southwest corner of the tract, running from east to west 192 feet and then at a right angle from north to south 212 feet, thereby cutting off an almost square portion of about one acre. In 1928 Mrs. Chichester deeded to plaintiffs, Harry C. Kessler and Helen B. Kessler, his wife, this one-acre corner, subject to the following building and use restrictions which give rise to the present controversy:

“The ábove described lot or piece of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Allen v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Johnstone v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Town of Stamford v. VuonoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
  4. Ladd v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
  5. Peters v. BucknerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Jones v. Park Lane for Convalescents, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Great A. & P. Tea Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Burns v. BaumgardnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  4. King v. JamesOhio Court of Appeals · 1950
  5. Crayder v. Seidman, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1953

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