Cox v. Freedley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Montgomery county. This was an ejectment by Jacob Freedley against Abraham R. Cox, for a lot of ground in the borough of Norristown, beginning at a stake for a corner on the south-easterly line of Penn street, being 34-,% feet from the corner of Markley street, thence to the corner of Penn and Markley streets, thence along the easterly line of Markley street 123 feet to a stake for a corner in the said line of Markley street, thence a straight…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Montgomery county. This was an ejectment by Jacob Freedley against Abraham R. Cox, for a lot of ground in the borough of Norristown, beginning at a stake for a corner on the south-easterly line of Penn street, being 34-,% feet from the corner of Markley street, thence to the corner of Penn and Markley streets, thence along the easterly line of Markley street 123 feet to a stake for a corner in the said line of Markley street, thence a straight line 133/^ feet to the place of beginning; containing eight perches, or thereabouts. John Freedley being the owner of a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
The case of Paul v. Carver was twice before this court, and is twice reported, 12 Harris 207, and 2 Casey 223.
On the last hearing, it came' down to the question, whether the owner of a city lot, whose deed is bounded “ along the northerly side” of a particular street, has title to the centre of the street, so that after vacation of the street by public authority, he may recover in ejectment the ground lying between the northerly side and the centre. In deciding this question in favour of the plaintiff, we admitted that the intention of the…
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- Starr v. ChildCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1846
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