Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Cleland

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County

Decided March 10, 1890No. 157PublishedCited by 27 opinions

No. 157 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 4 June Term 1886, C. P. in Equity. On May 5, 1886, Horatio S. Pierce filed a bill in equity against John Cleland and John Simpson, praying upon the facts therein averred for an injunction restraining the defendants, their employees and workmen, from erecting a “ fence ” or partition, or in any way interfering with the plaintiff’s use of the entrance, corridors, or stairs of a certain building described in the bill.

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No. 157 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 4 June Term 1886, C. P. in Equity. On May 5, 1886, Horatio S. Pierce filed a bill in equity against John Cleland and John Simpson, praying upon the facts therein averred for an injunction restraining the defendants, their employees and workmen, from erecting a “ fence ” or partition, or in any way interfering with the plaintiff’s use of the entrance, corridors, or stairs of a certain building described in the bill. An answer having been filed by the defendants, and issue joined, the cause was referred to Mr. J. Alton Davis, as examiner and…

1Per curiam

This case has been so well discussed by the learned judge of the court below that we affirm the decree for the reasons given b}r him.

Decree affirmed, and the appeal dismissed at the costs of the appellants.

2Cited by27 opinions

  1. Harkins v. ZamichieliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  2. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1904
  3. Morning Call, Inc. v. Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  4. Eagle Rock Corp. v. Idamont Hotel Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Bieber v. ZellnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966

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