McGowin v. Remington
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the District Court of Allegheny, in equity. Sept. 20. On the 6th September, 1847, Z. W. Remington filed a bill in equity, setting forth that prior to the grievances complained of, he had been for many years a surveyor and regulator of the streets, lanes, and alleys of the city of Pittsburgh, and other places around said city, and as such had made many plans and plots of ground in said city and throughout said county, and maps of lands and grades of streets and…
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Appeal from the District Court of Allegheny, in equity. Sept. 20. On the 6th September, 1847, Z. W. Remington filed a bill in equity, setting forth that prior to the grievances complained of, he had been for many years a surveyor and regulator of the streets, lanes, and alleys of the city of Pittsburgh, and other places around said city, and as such had made many plans and plots of ground in said city and throughout said county, and maps of lands and grades of streets and roads, and drafts of surveys of plantations in other counties adjoining, and possessed certain furniture and instruments…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of this Court was delivered by
Bell, J.
The defendant having failed to sustain, by proof, his allegation of sale or gift of the articles sought to be recovered by this bill, the contest in this Court is reduced to two questions: first, whether the bill presents sufficient grounds to warrant the interference of a Court of Equity, in this state, under the statute conferring equitable jurisdiction ? Secondly, whether that portion of the decree which covers the surveying instruments and furniture described in the exhibits annexed to the bill can be sustained ?
As to the first point: the…
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