Gillespie v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, April T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Jefferson Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. 98, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. M. Gillespie v. The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Company. Ejectment for land in Clayville borough. .Before Reed, J. From the record it appeared that both plaintiff and defendant claimed under deeds from J. U. Gillespie.
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Appeal, No. 13, April T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Jefferson Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. 98, on verdict for plaintiff in case of W. M. Gillespie v. The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Company. Ejectment for land in Clayville borough. .Before Reed, J. From the record it appeared that both plaintiff and defendant claimed under deeds from J. U. Gillespie. The court charged in part as follows: [It appears, from a deed which has been offered in evidence, that J. U. Gillespie and wife conveyed the land in question to the plaintiff on August 5, 1880. The plaintiff, however,…
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Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
This is an ejectment brought by William M. Gillespie against the Buffalo, etc., Railway Company. The plaintiff claims title to the land by deed from J. U. Gillespie and wife, dated August 5, 1880, and recorded February 7, 1883. The defendants claim title by deed from' J. U. Gillespie and wife to the Brockwayville, etc., Railway Company (by which company the land was subsequently conveyed to the defendants), dated December 22, 1882, and recorded April 13,1883. The title, upon the dates of execution and recording, is in the plaintiff. The case comes within the…
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