Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-28
In THE COURTS.


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NO. ENBEK TERM or cuMMoN pI.,s
Cases on Triai-is Road Viewers Appointed
Reports Of Previous Views Confirmed
"A Lanu trouble.
BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.
The president anu managers of the Old
Columbia public ground company VS..
First n. Z. church oi Columbia. Act. on
in eIectment to recover . certain piece iOf
land formerly used rs a reservoir but now
occupied by the defendants. The tcsti
mOny showed that John L. Wright owned
all OF the land from 1898; he entered iatO
an agreement to grant tho land
III question to the water company
Tor . reservoir, reserviDg, as the
plaintiffs claim, the right to IepOsscss
himself OF the land Of the water company
should 1t at any time abandon it, In 1854
Wright conveyed tq the plaintiff all tho
land surrounding the reservoir. In 1872
the water company built \ new reservoir
on other land and the cid one, as claimed
BY the plaintiff. was abandoned and flied
up. In 1871 the heirs of Wright hcarG.
that defendants had purchased this ground
from the water company and were about
W ObOOt - Vut2AO Oi1 0uO4 oO0V6c thc
erection of the church the heirs notified
the trustees that they as heirs Of Wright
had repossessed themselves Of the lani
which they decided to the old Columbia
ground company. They warned defsvd
ants not to erect a buiiding upon tho liat
The defendants did erect the church au,l
now hold possession, unlawfully, as plalr-
tiffs claim
The defense produced evidence to show
that there WAS no original reservation by
Wright, and from this testimony it was
adduced that the ground had never been
abandoned ny tho water company, but
had been sold aud legally conveyed to do.
PENDANTS Who are in lawful possession.
The jury, under the Instructions of tho
court, render ed Il verdict IN favor Of the
plaintiff, rcserving the ri.ht for the court
to enter judgment for the defendant on
the points of law if 50 deemed right.
EEFORE JUDGE PATTERSON.
Martha Eekert, alleged lunatic vs.. Mi
ton b. EshlemaD, traverser. This was an
action to try whether Martha Eckert, Of
Intercourse, LeacOck tDwnship, wRs In
December, 1877. or for fifteen years previ-
Gus lunatic. 10 December in that year
she was declared a lunatic by inluisition
Az AsAnASu VI kuO AOSIO"IuS year JilO uCItutl
ant traversed tho finding or tho inquisition
and a replication was fled. The plaintiffs
put In evidence the finding Of tho irqui-
sition and then rested. The defense then
opened and proceeded to call witnesses to
show that the woman has never bsen un
sound in mind. On trial.
In the case of tho township OF Cupoy
vs.. Abraham Collins, the plaintiffs suffer
cd n nnu-S,it
the ROADS.
Viewers Appo,n,.a, 1,,~o,u,e Uou,ieu,s-
ti00s. &c.
Last week the court appointed the fol
lowing viewers: - z lIEir
To lay out road in Ephrata town.hir,
to lead from the old Ephrata, Harrisbu:.
u DOwningtOwn turnpike, at point bc-
tween the two gardens OF u. S. Won Nei..i.
on the EPhrata Springs property, I" i
dwelling Of Nathaniel Steffy: Josepl, q.
Miller, Martin Mellinger and Herry
Musser.
TO lay out u private read in West Lam
peter township, from the farm of Andrew
Schaubach, at \ point where lis land
joins that of Samuel Shaub to Il point in,
the road from Charles hotel to Beaver
Valley turnpike, where the line betwec,s
Pequa and West Lampeter Crosses Isaac
BachmaD, Henry Musser and A j lIefi.
TO lay out . private rOatl to lead frcm
the public road running from tie WASH
ingtOn and Columbia pike to the Cuium
bia and Lancaster pike tn the Iuarries Oi
G. 8. Kaufman near Columbia Jacob s.
Strine, II. N. Keller and Samuel Evans
To lay out road in Leac0ck township.
to lead from = point iii the Carpenter ro,i
near lands of Jacob Denlinger and others
to point in the WeavertOwn read near
lands of Elizabeth Musser and Others
Levi p. RhOads, Joel Lightner and Calvin
Cooper.
To lay out road ID Ephrata TOWNSHIP,
to lead from the Midway and Epbras:.
road at Jacob Hart's lane to point ...,
the Akron and ClapbOardtOwn road at .l.,
blacksmith shop. near tho residss1e "i
Samuel Keller and others: A. b Rei,:el,-
bach, Israel g. Erb and f.. r. Hitler.
To lay out a road in Manor township e..
lead from i point in the road between
Jacob Horshey's mill and the Lancaster
and Susquehanua turnpike, near the house
OF Benjamin Hershey, to q point on the
road between Nountville and Breneman's
hotel at point where the road is inter-
sected by another: +. b. Horr, John i,
Martin, J. C. kready.
To inspect the now bridge over tht.
Little COnestOga at GrOff's Mill, in Man,,
township VIM. NJ. Slaymakaf, John \.
ShOber, John Clark, Wm. &. Beaoi,cr.
Samuel c. Slaymaker and Capt. Samuel
Mcdonald.
To inspect the new bridge over the
Beaver creek near Refton in Strasburs,
twp: w. Il. Gerhart, j. b. SWartxwek!e,.
J. r. Jeffries, George L. Buck walter, ,.IoiIn
H. Shenk and John Fl. Brackbill. G. ryys
To lay out q road in East Lampeso..
township to road leading from o roirt OH
the south side of tho Philaielphia tn,n,
pike southwark to the Strasburg ans.
MillpOrt turnpike and thence in an east:
criy direction to SmoketOwu and Stras-
burg road George l.. Buck walter, Wn,.
II. SIaymaker and B. +. lassleman
To assess damages BY tho opening &c
West Mifilin and Clay stsests, this oity:
Samuel Evans, A. n. Cassei, Henry
Eckert, Michael s. Metz.ar and william
Ellmaker.
To review, vacate and lay out in E..u
thereof road in West Hemptield toxn
ship. commencing at ths corner of lan:i.
Of Abraham Herr and Others to point ca.
the public road leading from Saiunga g."
the Marietta turnpike Jacob NJ. Franfz,
samuel G Slaymaker and Michael l..
Hoover.
To re.review tho site Of . bridge aevsss
the Big Chickios creek near Michael II.