LISOWSKI v. MASTROMARCO


281 Pa.Super. 303 (1980)

422 A.2d 180

Vincent LISOWSKI, Appellant, v. Carlo MASTROMARCO, Luigi Mastromarco, Francis Mastromarco, t/a Mastromarco Brothers v. Alice KOTLAREK.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed October 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton B. Wapner, Philadelphia, for appellant.

William T. Coleman, III, Philadelphia, for Mastromarco Brothers, appellees.

Stanley F. Mankas, Philadelphia, for Kotlarek, appellee.

Before HESTER, WICKERSHAM and LIPEZ, JJ.


HESTER, Judge:

The only issue raised by this appeal is the necessary length of time one must possess property in the City and County of Philadelphia in order to perfect a claim by adverse possession. Following our study of antiquated statutes of this Commonwealth over 120 years old, we are persuaded, as was the court below, that the required time period is 40 years.

The facts are not in dispute. On April 14, 1978, appellant Vincent Lisowski instituted this...

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