Ambler's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Ambler's Appeal

4 A. 187, 2 Sadler 375, 17 Week. No. 433, 1886 Pa. LEXIS 726

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedMay 3, 1886

StatusPublished

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Ambler's Appeal, 4 A. 187, 2 Sadler 375, 17 Week. No. 433, 1886 Pa. LEXIS 726 (Pa. 1886).

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Per Curiam:

The ground occupied by the appellant in passing from one part of his farm to another part thereof is not an “established road or way” within the meaning of the 12th section of the act of February 19, 1849. He has the same right to that ground as to every other part of his farm. He may change his way of passing thereon at will. No other person has any right or interest therein. It is a mere passageway for the convenience of the owner of the land. Its use as such is not protected by any act of assembly, nor by any prescriptive right. It results onjy from the ownership of the land, and exists only during the will of the owner.

This view, however, does not preclude the appellant from recovering all the damages which he may sustain by reason of the location and construction of the railroad on the property.

Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed, at the costs of the appellant.

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Per Curiam:

The ground occupied by the appellant in passing from one part of his farm to another part thereof is not an “established road or way” within the meaning of the 12th section of the act of February 19, 1849. He has the same right to that ground as to every other part of his farm. He may change his way of passing thereon at will. No other person has any right or interest therein. It is a mere passageway for the convenience of the owner of the land. Its use as such is not protected by any act of assembly, nor by any prescriptive right. It results onjy from the ownership of the land, and exists only during the will of the owner.

This view, however, does not preclude the appellant from recovering all the damages which he may sustain by reason of the location and construction of the railroad on the property.

Decree affirmed and appeal dismissed, at the costs of the appellant.

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