1 Rawle 108 | Pa. | 1829
The opinion of the court was delivered by •
This case comes before the court, upon a writ of error to the District-Court for the, city and county of Philadelphia. It wás ah action' of trespass on the case, brought by the defendant in error- against the plaintiff belovvy for obstructing' his right of way. ' . • • . -
The plea was, not guilty.
The cause was tried on the'i7th day of April, ÍS26. On the trial in the court below, the plaintiff, the now defendant in error, gave in evidence, that he and his brother, Christopher Hocker, were, on the 17th day of September, 1822, seised in their demesne, as of fee, of two brick houses and lots of ground, in Green Street, in the township of the Northern Liberties, in the county'of Philadelphia, and being so thereof -seised, by deed, dated the same day and year, conveyed the same to a certain Enoch Addis, in fee. The plaintiff below further proved, that, at-the time of the said conveyance to Enoch Addis, he, the said John Hocker, was seised, in fee, of a certain other house and lot of ground, contiguous to the easternmost of the said houses, and, after having given this evidence, then offered to prove and give in evidence, “that a right for himself, his heirs and assigns, tenants and occupiers of the same house, to use an alley across the rear end of the lot ón which the easternmost of the two houses is erected, and between the easternmost and westernmost of said houses,' so, as aforesaid, grantedi to the said -Enoch Addis, was verbally reserved for him, at the time- of execu-' ting .the said deed: That the said Enoch Addis verbally agreed to the said'reservation, and that the defendant purchased of the said
Judgment reversed, and a venire facias de novo awarded.