Hibberd v. Greenstein

Citations

• 263 Pa. 527
• 107 A. 28
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 467

Syllabus

<p>Adverse possession — Alley—Possession—Notice of' claim.</p> <p>1. A person claiming title by adverse possession must prove that he has had possession adversely for the full period of twenty-one years. Proof of possession for twenty years and three months is insufficient.</p> <p>2. A person who buys real estate with knowledge that another person is claiming title-by adverse possession to an alley on the premises is not prejudiced thereby. The validity of the claim is the test.</p> <p>3. Where a right to an alley is created by grant it will not be lost by nonuser.</p> <p>Practice, Supreme Court — Assignments of error.</p> <p>4. Where duplicate findings are made in an equity case of the same fact, it is not essential that error be separately assigned as to each.</p>