United States Horse Shoe Co. v. Erie, Reed Park & Lakeside Railway Co.
United States Horse Shoe Co. v. Erie, Reed Park & Lakeside Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
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This action of ejectment was brought to recover possession of a strip of land eleven feet wide by 250 feet long in Mill Creek township, Erie county, Pa., situate
A careful examination of the evidence, findings of fact, conclusions of law, exceptions, opinion of the court below on the exceptions, the assignments of error and the arguments of the able counsel for the respective parties leaves us in no doubt that the case was carefully and well tried and the learned judge below reached a correct conclusion in finding that this action of ejectment cannot be sustained because the defendants’ hold the land in dispute under an irrevocable license authorizing the construction and operation of their street railway thereon and that said railway has been in actual operation on the land in dispute ever since its construction in 1899.
In view of the careful manner in which the case was tried and the correct conclusion reached we do not think it necessary or profitable to review the case at length and discuss the assignments of error separately. The six judges who heard the argument of this appeal agree that the evidence fully sustains the findings of fact and that the latter warrant the conclusions of law and the judgment in favor of the defendants.
The assignments of error are all dismissed and the judgment is affirmed.
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