Bliem v. Daubenspreck

Citations

• 169 Pa. 282
• 32 A. 337
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1090

Syllabus

<p>Conveyancing — Describing lot as bound by a street.</p> <p>The rule that, where a public street or highway is called for as a boundary or monument in a deed, title passes to the grantee to the middle of the highway in the absence of a reservation or restriction expressed or necessarily implied, applies where the street or highway referred to has been opened or adopted by the law of the municipality, or the deed recognizes it as an existing highway. Paul v. Carver, 26 Pa. 223, followed. Union Burial Ground v. Robinson, 5 Whart. 18; Bellinger v. Union Society, 10 Pa. 135; Brooklyn Street, 118 Pa. 640, distinguished.</p>