Anders v. Central Railroad
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 201, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, front order of C. P. Northampton "Co., April T., 1900, No. 1, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of D. H. Anders v. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey and the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company. Ejectment for a lot of ground in the borough of South Bethlehem. Before Schuyler, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff’s title depended upon an alleged deed to Gottlieb Wittman.
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Appeal, No. 201, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiff, front order of C. P. Northampton "Co., April T., 1900, No. 1, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of D. H. Anders v. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey and the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company. Ejectment for a lot of ground in the borough of South Bethlehem. Before Schuyler, P. J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff’s title depended upon an alleged deed to Gottlieb Wittman. The plaintiff assumed the existence of a deed from John Weiller to Wittman, but without offering to prove the existence, of the deed, made vari■ous offers tending to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Plaintiff claimed in ejectment from defendant a triangular *565piece of ground, containing sixty-two square feet. The foundation of his claim was a sheriff’s deed which purported to convey the interest of Wittman in “all that certain two-story brick dwelling house, known as the Mondray House Hotel, and lot of ground situate between the Lehigh River opposite the borough of Bethlehem in the borough of South Bethlehem, formerly Lower Saucon Township, in the county of Northampton and commonwealth of Pennsylvania, containing 329 feet in front and in width at one end sixty-nine…
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