Oliver v. Ormsby
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 88, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 801, on bill in equity in case of George T. Oliver et al., Trustees of Henry W. Oliver, deceased, v. Robert G. Ormsby et al. Bill in equity for an injunction and to quiet title. Before Swearingen, P. J., of C. P. No. 4, specially presiding.
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Appeal, No. 88, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1909, No. 801, on bill in equity in case of George T. Oliver et al., Trustees of Henry W. Oliver, deceased, v. Robert G. Ormsby et al. Bill in equity for an injunction and to quiet title. Before Swearingen, P. J., of C. P. No. 4, specially presiding. The following plan indicates the locality of the alley: Plan re-recorded in Deed Book Vol. 66, page 255 Grave Yard. 240 feet 9 inches. 240 feet 9 inches. Smithfield Street. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potteb,
This bill in equity was filed by the trustees under the will of Henry W. Oliver, deceased, and by his widow and daughter, against the heirs of Oliver Ormsby, deceased, praying for a decree to quiet the title of plaintiffs to a strip of ground, latterly known as Freiheit’s alley, situated in what is now the second ward of the city of Pittsburg, ten feet in width and lying sixty feet westwardly from and parallel with, Smithfield street, and extending from Sixth a/enue southwardly to Oliver avenue. Plaintiffs base their claim upon the following facts: In 1812 Oliver…
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