Boyer v. Lengel

Citations

• 224 Pa. 357
• 73 A. 323
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 792

Syllabus

<p>Ejectment — Title—Adverse possession — Evidence.</p> <p>In an action of ejectment where the plaintiff shows an apparently good paper title, and the defendants claim by adverse possession, the trial judge properly states the burden upon the defendants when he charges as follows: “When parties claim title by adverse possession, by virtue of the statute of limitations, it has been said time after time that that possession must be hostile, adverse, open, visible, notorious, and a continuous possession, in order for them to maintain title. In other words, the mere fact of parties going in now and then and cutting some timber, or cutting some ties, or some logs, such acts in themselves do not constitute adverse possession.”</p>