Court Opinion

ID: 9736179
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:46:29.853217+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:04.729289
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WIEAND, Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
I agree with and join the majority’s careful discussion regarding the requirement that adverse possession must be “hostile.” Having reached this conclusion, however, I would hold that the compulsory nonsuit was improperly entered. Where, as here, the questions left undecided by the trial court are strictly matters of law, they should be *91decided by the reviewing court rather than remanded for determination by the trial court. See: Shepherd v. General Telephone & Electronics Corp., 411 Pa. 49, 54-55, 190 A.2d 895, 898 (1963). Since I conclude that appellants made out a prima facie case of adverse possession, I would reverse and remand for a new trial.