Connor v. Bell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1891, by-defendants, William Bell et al., from judgment of C. P. Yenango Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 88, on verdict for plaintiffs, John R. Connor et al. Ejectment for land four feet wide at one end and narrowing to a point, and 150 feet deep. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1891, by-defendants, William Bell et al., from judgment of C. P. Yenango Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 88, on verdict for plaintiffs, John R. Connor et al. Ejectment for land four feet wide at one end and narrowing to a point, and 150 feet deep. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows, by Taylor, P. J.: “ That fence was kept up there and the land was cultivated as a garden on one side by Mr Bell, and occupied on the other side with some oil wells, being drilled on it. [ “ But there is no evidence, in our opinion, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bv
Mr. Justice McCollum,
There is but one question raised by the several specifications of error in this case, and that is whether the evidence is sufficient to support a finding by a jury of an open, notorious, continued and adverse possession by the appellants of the land in dispute for the period of twenty-one years prior to the institution of the suit for its recovery. In considering this question it should be borne in mind that the land in controversy is part of inlot No. 591 which appellant William Bell, by deed, with covenant of general warranty, conveyed to William Street on the…
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