Shepherd v. Watson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Kennedy, J.

This was an action of trespass quare clausum fregit brdught in the court of common pleas of Alleghany county by Rachel Watson, the defendant in error, against John Shepherd, the plaintiff in error. Issues were joined upon the pleas of pon cul. with leave, &c., liberum tenementum, and right of way. The only matter in controversy was, whether the plaintiff had a right to the use of an alley four feet in width, to the full extent of eighty-eight feet, along side of a messuage and lot of ground situate and being in the city of Pittsburgh,…