Pennsylvania Railroad v. Breckenridge

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Adams, J.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which is the plaintiff in error, and was the plaintiff below, brought ejectment against Henry W. Breckenridge and the United States Pipe Line Company. At the trial the plaintiff claimed judgment on two distinct' grounds—first, under a deed from Thomas Lomasson and wife; secondly, by possession adverse to the defendants. The defendants denied that the Lomasson deed embraced the land in suit, and denied that the plaintiff had possessed the land adversely. The trial judge charged the jury that the facts in proof…