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HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-00889 d. Fay R. Finkey, an adult individual, who resides at 59 East South street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, pennsylvania; e. Fern M. Gutshall, an adult individual, who resides at 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling springs, Cumberland county, pennsylvania; and f. Timothy Q. Murphy, an adult individual, who resides 'at 1215 old Gettysburg pike, Dillsburg, York county, Pennsylvania. 2. The Defendant, Elizabeth B. smith, is the owner of record of the land which is the subject of this action according to the public records of cumberland county, Pennsylvania. 3. By Deed dated January 4, 1898 and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Cumberland county, pennsylvania on March 17,1947 in Deed Boo]c "~I", Volume 13, Page 72, William A. coffey, assignee, for the benefit of the creditors of Daniel V. 'Ahl and Thomas W. Ahl, Executor of the Estate of carrie W. Ahl conveyed the land, which is the subject of this action, unto Elizabeth B. smith. A copy of said Deed is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "A", and incorporated herein by reference. 4. plaintiffs aver that the said Elizabeth B. Smith is deceased, having died Intestate, on July 2, 1900. 5. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that Elizabeth B. Smith had several children and heirs, of whom only one is known, that being Martin L. Smith, who died, Testate, on May 28, 1950. 6. Under the terms of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. Smith, heir of Elizabeth B. Smith, dated March 28, 1947, .the homestead, after the death of his wife, Ida F. Smith, and their daughter, Ella May Smith, was to be distributed among his children, Oma Seaman, Mary Ocker, Marshall L. Smith, Stella Whitcomb, Ida I. Murphy, Lester A. Smith, Gretta Foose, Beulah V. Waggoner and Kenneth Smith. A copy of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. smith is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference. 7. The terms of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. smith further provide that should any of his children be deceased at the time of his death, or at the time of distribution, then the share bequeathed to that child was to pass to their children who are surviving at the time of distribution. 8. All of the above children of Martin L. smith and Ida F. Smith, his wife, are now deceased. 9. The deceased children of Martin L. Smith and Ida Fo Smith were survived by the following children: a. Oma Seaman - had two children, both of whom are deceased. b. Mary Ocker - had seven children who are identified as: 1. Evelyn Hoffman, 67 F street, Carlisle, PA 17013 2. Bernice Wheeler, R.D. #1, Box 322, Hampton, N.J. 08827 3. Ronald Ocker, 5432 Doan street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 4. Lester Ocker, 15906 Jineau Lane, Houston, Texas 77040 5. Kay Roehrig, 460 N.E. Neptune Drive, Palm Bay, Florida 32907 6. Norma Blain, 64 Winchester Gardens, Carli.sle, Pennsylvania 17013 7. Larry Ocker, 834 Kelly Lane, Eugene, Oregon 97404 c. Marshall L. Smith - had two children who are identified as: 1. Lynn Smith, 7517 Dyke Rd., Fairhaven, Michigan 48023 2. Janice Pfeiffer - deceased. d. Stella Whitcomb - had five children who are identified as: 1. Ellen Newsbaum, 629 N. West street, Carlisle, PA 17013 2. Mary Noggle, 301 N. Hanover street, Carlisle, PA l7013 3. Marge otto, 346 Belvedere st., Carlisle, PA 17013 4. Harold Whitcomb, P.O. Box l13, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 5. Robert Whitcomb, 102 Third street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 e. Lester A. smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Shirley Watson, 1208 Forge Road, Carlisle, PA 17013 f. Gretta Foose - died without issue. g. Beulah V. Waggoner - had two children who are identified as: 1. Caroline Darhower, 121 Race Street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 2. Kenneth Waggoner, Jr., Box 35, Route 2, Newburg, PA 17240. h. Kenneth smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Doris Hostetter, 167 Crossroad School Road, Newville, Pennsylvania 17241. i. Ida I. Murphy - had six children who are identified as: 1. Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third Street, Boiling Springs, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 2. Jane Myers, 620 Gutshall Road, Boiling springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 3. Terry C. Murphy, 38 Old Town Road, Gardners, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 4. Fay R. Finkey, 59 East South Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 5. Fern M. Gutshall, 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; and 6. Timothy Q. Murphy, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. 10. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that Ella May Smith, daughter of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. Smith, died without issue. 11. Upon the death of Martin L. Smith, his son, Lester A. Smith, paid all real estate taxes due and owing on the mountain land which is the subject of this action until his death on April 13, 1971. 12. Thereafter, from 1971 and up to and including 1994, Ida I. Murphy, mother of the Plaintiffs, paid all real estate taxes on said mountain land and, during said time, had no trespassing signs and a chain placed at the entrance to said land, and Plaintiffs cut wood and hunted on said land. 13. Since the death of Ida I. Murphy in 1995, the Plaintiff, Patrick L. Murphy, on behalf of himself and the other Plaintiffs, has been paying said taxes and seeking to keep trespassers off said property as best he can. 14. Cumberland County real estate information setforth in the tax assessment office, in and for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania reflects that the land at issue consists of approximately five (5) acres on Kuhn Road, situated in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and that the owner of the land at issue is the Estate of Martin L. Smith, care of Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third street, Box 175, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. 15. The Plaintiffs are in actual possession of the mountain land which is the subject of this action, which land is more particularly bounded and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Monroe, County of Cumberland and state of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows to wit. BEGINNING at a post a corner in the line of Geo. B. Strock thence by same North 25 degrees West 24 perches to a post, thence by lands of Jacob Hoffort, South 85 degrees West 31 7/10 perches to a post, thence by land of party hereto of the first part South 25 degrees East 37 perches to a post, thence North 57 degrees East 5 perches to a corner of John stammel, thence North 68 degrees East 23 perches to the place of Beginning, containing five acres and one hundred and five perches. 16. The Plaintiffs and their deceased mother, Ida I. Murphy, have been in actual, exclusive, and adverse possession of the property above described, continuously for at least twenty-one (21) years prior to the filing of this complaint, claiming to own the same in fee against the whole world, and have paid all taxes of every kind levied or assessed against the property during the period of twenty-one (21) years continuously next preceding the filing of this complaint, have cut wood and hunted on said property, while also attempting to keep out trespassers. 17. A prior action to Quiet Title was filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania to No. 2150 civil 1992 and was purged on october 29, 1996. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray that Defendants, and also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real property described in the Complaint adverse to Plaintiffs' ownership, or any cloud upon Plaintiffs' title thereto, may be required to set forth the nature of their several claims, that all adverse claims of Defendants or any of them may be determined by a decree of this Court; that by said decree it be declared and adjudged that Plaintiffs are the owner of said premises and that Defendant, her heirs and assigns have no estate or interest whatever in or to said land and premises; that Defendant, her heirs and assigns, be forever barred from asserting any claim whatever in or to said land and premises adverse to Plaintiffs, and for such other and further relief as to equity shall seem meet. p ~ PA 17007 TO ELIZABETH B SMITH I I , I I I I DAIED JMlU"RY 4, 1898 ENT MARCH 17, 1947 I ------------------------------, ET AL TH I S INDENTURE, ~'ADE THE FOtil1TH DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE TfoOUSAND E ICHT HurlDRED AND NINETY E ICfIT BETWEEN WM. A COFFEY ASSIGNEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CREDITOR -s OF DAN , V. AHL OF N E\IIV I LLE, CU~lBERLAND COUNTY AND STATE OF PENN SYL VAN I A, AND THOMAS WAHL EXECUTOR OF THE EST ATE OF CARY YI AHL DEC'D LATE OF CARLISLE, COUNTY 0" CUM!l:RLAND AND STATE OF PENNSYLVI,N IA OF THE FIRST PART AND O;;:EO ,WILLIAM A COFFEY CONS. 856.56 LOC. MONROE T\IIP. ELIZABETH B. SMITH OF THE TOY/NSHIP OF MONROE, COLNTY OF CUMBERLAND ANU STATE AFORESAID OF THE SECOND PART. WHEREAS, THE HEREINAFT(R DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND BY SUNDRY Ca/VEYANCES AND AS:Il.JRAN~ES IN LAW BECAME VESTED IN DAN V AHL AND CORY \II AHL AS TENANTS IN CONCESSION IN THE PROPOR- TIDII aF SEVEN-EIGHTS IN THE SAID DAN V AHL AND ONE EIGHTH IN THE SA 10 CORY W. AHL. AND WHEREAS THE SAID DAN V. AHL BY HIS UEEU O~ VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMHIT BEAR ING DATE THE 24TH CAY OF FEB. A. D. 1BB5 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE FOR THE RECORDING OF DEEDS AT CARLISLE IN DEED BOOK 'X" VOL. ), PAGE 592 DID CRANT CONVEY ASSIGN AND SET OVER ALL HIS PRO~ERTY RENT PER- SONALANU MIXED UNTO E. YI. BIDDLE AND A. A.~~ IN TRUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKE A Ju"r DISTRIBUTION OFHIS ESTATE TO ANU M.1mIG ALL THEIR CRE!)ITOOS- ANU WHEREAS THE''!;AID E. W. BID- DLE AND A. A. THORNSON ON THEIR 0\\1'l VOLUNTARY PET IT ION PRESENTEU TO THE COURT ~F COM. P.l.EAS ON THE 21ST DAY OF NOVEMBER A. D. 1890 WERE UISCHA,<GEO BY THE SAID COURT FROM THEIR SAID TRU"T ArlD.!-.~':!If!..Y_ ~.IRI_AND AND J. N. HOUCK WERE SUBSTITUTED AND APPOINTED IN THEIR SHAD I,Nll WH[RE,\:; THE SAID ASpUIIY DI"L~ AND J. N. HOUCK ON THEIR VOLUNTARY PETITION PRE- ,UIn.D TO THE COURT OF COM. ;'L[AS ON THE 26TH DAY OF DEC.1B94, WERE DISCHARGED FROM THEIR SAID RUST BY THE SAID COURT ON THE 5TH DAY or JAN. 1895, }l~ID \11M. A. COFFEY GRA~TCR HEREIN WAS PPOINTED AND DULY QUALIFIED AS THEIR SUCCESSOR AND WHEREAS THE SAIO C. W. ""L DIED TESTATE AND LETTERS TESTMIENTORY WERE UULY ISSUED ON I ~ EST A TE ON THE 16TH DAY OF DEe. 18B5 TO THE SA I 0 THO IV AHL THE .EXECUTCR ""NT I ONED INS AI 0 I LL WHO PRESENTE 0 HIS PET I T I ON IN THi: ORPHMI S COURT OF CUMB. CO. ASK IN 0 THAT THE SAI D COURT pONFIRl.l THE SALE OF THE HEREIN O:SCRIBED TRACT OF LAND TO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART NO SETT INO FORTH THAT THE SAh'E 'NAS WBJECT TO A MORTGAGE TO A. KELLER, TRU~TEE GIVEN BY THE AID THOM.\S ~ AHL EXECUTOR AS AFCRESAID UNDER AN ORDER OF THE ORPHANS COURT OF SAID COUNTY NO ASKIrJG SAID COURT TO AUTHORIZE HIM TO JOIN IN A CCN'/EYANCE OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED RACT OF LAND TO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECONO PART UPON THE PA'!MENT OF THE SHARE OF THE SAID ORY W AHl, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID l.lORTGAGE. I T BE I NG RECORDED IN l.lllHGAGE BOOK NO 27 PAGE 3S!> ....D THE 8AI D ORPHANS COURT ON THE ,'. '." .~. .' .~.... ,r'...."!. ., \." 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MIL OECIlTeR or Till UiT,\ll Of COllY'" MIl. :~rr.'n rARTY HEm.TO or 'Hr: FII1!;1 "^fn Fon N10 Itl CON- SIOERAT .ON or Th[ :t;~, Of' rlf'lv :;1_' Qq, :.f, ....,~ "rT'r :':1.-: CUI'~; (!'~t..~6 ) I.M\f1'L f,illl[Y or Thr: UNITED S'!'ATE5, TO TII01 WELL Al'IO TRIILY PA1C !lY TH[ SAID ELlZAREHI B. ~1TH PARTY Hf.F<ETO Of THE SECOtlO PART AT AND BErOOE THE SEAL I~H; AJID O[L IV(~Y HEREOF', nlE flECr 1 PT WIiEREOr IS m:RCny /Il'.I'3'IOWL lOGlO, HAVE GRANTED, [1AACiA IN(U, SOLO, AlI[~IEO, RELEA!.;ED MIO COtlrlf~IEO. N-1O BY Tll(l;r PRE!>[HTl;I DO GRAIIT, B~RGAIN, SELL, ALIEN, R[lEA~E MID r.mlrIR~1 UNTO TIlE SAIU El.1ZABETH B S.lIHl ALL THAT CE Rr,,\ I PIECE OR PARCEL Of l.AUD SITUATE IN TltE Tr:v;tl~iHIP or 110tlkf(, COI'lTY or CUM(lEHLANU !Jln !.;Tt.rr OF' PENNSYLVANIA, BOllllOCO MID DESCRIBED A!; /'CLLO"~ TO WIT, BEGINNING AT A POST A CCFltlER It I TilE LINE or GEO. n GTROCK THOlCE BY SMt: NOfrrti 2S OECREE5 WEST 24 PERC~l(S TO A POGT. THENCE BY If,~;[)ti OF' JACOB 1l0rFOfiT, !;OUTH US DEC.REES WEST )1 7/10 PERC ES TO A POST, THENCE BY LANU or P/,RTY H(H!.11; Of Till rlflt,T rwn :';Ollnl::!S Ucr,R(tti (AliT)7 l'!:flCHEli TO A POST. Tl01(:( NOrtTH ~7 OEGREES EA~T S PUlCH(S TO A CORNEll OF JOHU STM."E:L, THEtlCE NOflTll 68 DEGR ES EAST 2) PEAC~S TO THE PLACE or BEGIWII"~', COUTAINING riVE ACREI; Mm ONE HUNOOEO NlO rl....( PEACht: IT REING PAf<l or THE SA),I: Ti!ACT or L.\Nll TllAT (JENJ. KAurn.WI NIl) CttRISTIAN IIERR As:,IGrIEES OF P€TER f. EGE ANa WIFE BY n1EIR HWENTUf:l OMED THE 1ST DAV OF OGT. ". a. 18S9, CONV('(EU TO .",,1. !,I. BEETEJ.l, CORY 'N AtiL. WILLIAM D. HIM::; MIlJ WM YOlJNG RECOOOED IN DEEU OOOK "K" VOl.. 2 PACE 4) toC AND THE SAID 'MM. /.1. BEE1EM AND 'HlfE BY THEIR !NUEtITURE OATEO AtlC 19TH 1862 CONVEY(D ALL THEIR RIGlIT TITLE MID I1liEREST IN THE ABOVE: :X:SCRIElED TRACT TO DAN V. AHL, RECORDED IN acED OOOK N. VO!,. 2, PAGE 147 AND THE SAID 'MA. D. IHUES AlHJ WIFt AND YiM YOlJtlG AND WIFE BY TIlEIR l~mENTURE. DATED AffilL 29TH. A. D. 186) CON',-[YEO AU.. THEIR RIGHT TITLE AND ItlTERESl IN THE ^!lOVE mACT, ~ON REMovllm UNSOLD MID tlOT OTHERWISE C(flV[VEOft TO DAN V Mil. RECORDED IN OCEO BOOK "C VOl. ) PAGE 521 . REfERENCE BE INC HAD TO S,l,IU REC ITED INactHUf~S WILL "lORE FULLY PIlD AT LNHiE APPEAR T~ETHER WITH ALL Mm SINGULAR WAYS. W/.TEns. wATER COURSEli. R1GfIT:i, LIBERTIES. PRIVILEGE5, HEREDITA"{NTb ANO APPL'RTWANCES WHATSC.CVER THEREUNTO OCLONGIWi. 00 IN ANY WISE APPERTAINING, ANO THE REVERS I CNS ANO RE~lAI~ICERS, REIl7:,;. 15SUEG ArlO PROfITs THEkEOF; N'l0 ALSO. ALL T~ ESTATE, RIGHT, TITlL. INTEREST, USE. TRUST, ;:P'.:P~RTY, POtJ~ESSlf1~. CLAI"" ANO OCMAI'IO \VHAT:';OEVER, or THE- SAID Wl.4. A. COFFEY ASSIGNEE ANU THOM.,~~ 'N AhL EXECUTOR IN lAW. EQUITV, OR OTHERWI~;E HOWSOEVER, 0 IN, TO, CR OUT or THE SAI.E: i TO HAVE AtlO TO Het.l) THE SAID OE~;CRIElE{} PIECE OR PARCEL or UNO. AND THE HEREDIT,l,I,l(NT5 AND PREMISES HEREBY CRANTED AND RELEASED, '1" lAVlT IONED AND INTEIlCED so TO BE, WIT.. TIiE APPURTEtlN-lCES UNTO THE SAID ELIZABETH B SMITH HER H!:.Ii'lS AflU ASSICtH.i. TO MID fOR THE ONLY PROl=(fl lISE MID BE HOOf"Or THE SAID ELlZABETt1 B SMITH HER HE1H:; AtlO ASl:iIGN5 fOR~VER. MlO TIlE SAIOft'ILLlAM A COFfEY A:J'.IGNEE OF DAN V. SHL Atlt) THOMAS WAHL EXECUTOR Of -t-t: ESTAT Of CORY W "Ill OEC' 0 oaTH COVENArlT. Pli;:'.'l S[ MID AGREE, TO MID WI TH THE SA I 0 ELI ZAOETH 9 SMI TH H(l1 li[lli:.i MIO t.~;:ilr:.tlti, T!j,H TIt:Y TJj[ ~,"IU WILLIAM A COFFEY I,SSIGNEE or DIJ~ v AH!. AND THOMAS w. Mil, [XECUTOH or COolY I'II,HL orc'a H.";r I;aT DorIE. CCf.1JJ1TTED, m K~IOWINGLY OR WilLINGLY surrEREO TO OE ornE OR CCW~ITTED. ANY ACT, IM,HCR OR 'THIN{; WHATSOEVGl. WHEREBY THE PREMISE:; 'iCfIEBY rR;'~ITE OR AI<< PART THEAEor I IS, ,\fIE, SHALL, em W.Y 8E IMPEACHED, CI1.'RGE!.l OR I~ICUMBEREO, I~I TITLE, CH.:RG ESTATE, OR IlTf'(RW I SE HOWSOEVER. 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SMITH, Her Heirs and Assigns Defendants Action to Quiet Title AND NOW, this ORDER (-L l (, day of i'V\ v c~ , 2000, it is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that the Plaintiffs are granted leave to servt the Defendants in the captioned -Tl 1\ ." l'i7 2- ryt~~P)'(.JO' J I Vlc. 2.\ <:1 r( ~ \.0\1 ~ t'; c.,..,/:'o I~J t.b l}t1 i!J1dl/7I~(, '-'/1.16, L..J'I action by publication once 'pursuant to Rule 430 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil ^' Procedure. It is further ordered that within twenty (20) days of publication said I i I I I I I, Defendants shall file an Answer to Plaintiffs' Complaint in the above captioned action or be forever barred from asserting any right, lien, title or interest inconsistent with the interests or claims set forth in the Plaintiffs' Complaint to the land described therein. BY THE COURT, . ~ ("" n)~ - d- C) ,?, C Cl ~ :~ :.;~ - <JG; ~_... +il1 nlt'T: ::0 Z:~U ~~~:: ..!.(!'.1 .-J ...ct d~ r-:c.... 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E-< :c <:.... ;:j OZE-< U H j:LI >< Ol :Z:1Il 0 g UO<:U E-< j:LI E-<~ :;: I- HO<: en :>:: :>:: >< 0:1'''; Z j:LI~ a:> U ~Z :z: ~(l) <l: :Z:j:LIH a:> HCJl H E-< O<::Z: E-<a:lH ~~ ~ 0 '" :;::> . E-<j:LI :;: H~ ZOH 0 0<:>< . H H(l) HUU Z P,,:;: ~ E-< j:LI:Z: : '. '. ~ ...' : SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR CASE NO: 1999-00889 P COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND MURPHY PATRICK L ET AL VS. SMITH ELIZABETH B ET JODY SMITH , Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, says, the within COMPLAINT -QUIET TITLE was served upon HOFFMAN EVELYN the defendant, at 1354:00 HOURS, on the 27th day of April 1999 at CUMBERLAND CO SHERIFF'S DEPT ONE COURTHOUSE SQUARE CARLISLE, PA 17013 ,CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania, by handing to EVELYN HOFFMAN a true and attested copy of the COMPLAINT -QUIET TITLE together with NOTICE and at the same time directing Her attention to the contents thereof. Sheriff's Costs: Docketing Service Affidavit Surcharge So answers: ~f~fl&tf ANTHONY DELUCA 05/17/1999 18,00 ,00 ,00 8.00 $-,b,UU by ~l\L~\~1L# bherlfr Sworn and subscribed to before me this J'llf: day of~A "; 19 ere; A.D. ()~_ Q '--v1~" AL.7:' . '---I' I r'rot:hohocary .-,~I PATRICK L. MURPHY, JANE MYERS, TERRY C. MURPHY, FAY R. FINKEY, FERN M. GUTSHALL, TIMOTHY Q. MURPHY, Plaintiffs IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA VS. CIVIL ACTION - LAW NO. 9 '1. H'9 Ctw 0..~ ELIZABETH B. SMITH, Her Heirs and Assigns Defendants Action to Quiet Title COMPLAINT TO OUIET TITLE AND NOW, this "1'1" ('d f J ~, . 1,< ay 0 anuary, 1999, comes Patrick L. Murphy, by his attorney, Anthony L. DeLuca, Esquire, and complains of Defendants above named, and also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real property described in the complaint adverse to Plaintiff's ownership, or any claim upon Plaintiff's title thereto, and for the claims of action alleges: 1. The Plaintiffs are: a. Patrick L. Murphy, an adult individual, who resides at 106 Third street, Boiling springs, Cumberland county, pennsylvania; b. Jane Myers, an adult individual, who resides at 620 Gutshall Road, Boiling springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; c. Terry C. Murphy, an adult individual, who resides at 38 Old Town Road, Gardners, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; d. Fay R. Finkey, an adult individual, who resides at 59 East South Street, carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; e. Fern M. Gutshall, an adult individual, who resides at 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling springs, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; and f. Timothy Q. Murphy, an adult individual, who resides at 1215 Old Gettysburg Pike, Dillsburg, York county, Pennsylvania. 2. The Defendant, Elizabeth B. smith, is the owner of record of the land which is the subject of this action according to the public records of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. 3. By Deed dated January 4, 1898 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1947 in Deed Book "M", Volume 13, Page 72, William A. Coffey, assignee, for the benefit of the creditors of Daniel V. Ahl and Thomas W. Ahl, Executor of the Estate of Carrie W. Ahl conveyed the land, which is the subject of this action, unto Elizabeth B. smith. A copy of said Deed is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "A", and incorporated herein by reference. 4. Plaintiffs aver that the said Elizabeth B. smith is deceased, having died Intestate, on July 2, 1900. 5. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver thot Elizabeth B. Smith had several children and heirs, of whom only one is known, that being Martin L. Smith, who died, Testate, on May 28, 1950. 6. Under the terms of the Last Will and Testament of Martin L. Smith, heir of Elizabeth B. Smith, dated March 28, 1947, ,the homestead, after the death of his wife, Ida F. Smith, and their daughter, Ella May Smith, was to be distributed among his children, Oma Seaman, Mary Ocker, Marshall L. Smith, Stella Whitcomb, Ida I. Murphy, Lester A. Smith, Gretta Foose, Beulah V. Waggoner and Kenneth Smith. A copy of the Last Will and Testament of Martin L. Smith is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference. 7 . The terms of the Last Will and Testament of Martin L. Smith further provide that should any of his children be deceased at the time of his death, or at the time of distribution, then the share bequeathed to that child was to pass to their children who are surviving at the time of distribution. 8. All of the above children of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. Smith, his wife, are now deceased. 9. The deceased children of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. Smith were survived by the following children: a. Oma Seaman - had two children, both of whom are deceased. i " 'I " i : I I I b. Mary Ocker - had seven children who are identified as: 1. Evelyn Hoffman, 67 F street, Carlisle, Ph 17013 2. Bernice Wheeler, R.D. #1, Box 322, Hampton, N.J. 08827 3. Ronald Ocker, 5432 Doan street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 4. Lester Ocker, 15906, Jineau Lane, Houston, 'l'oxas 77040 5. Kay Roehrig, 460 N.E. Neptune Drive, Palm Buy, Florida 32907 6. Norma Blain, 64 Winchester Gardens, CarU,sle, Pennsylvania 17013 7. Larry Ocker, 834 Kelly Lane, Eugene, Oregon 97404 c. Marshall L. Smith - had two children who are identified as: 1. Lynn Smith, 7517 Dyke Rd., Fairhaven, Michigan 48023 2. Janice Pfeiffer - deceased. d. Stella Whitcomb - had five children who are identified as: 1. Ellen Newsbaum, 629 N. West Street, Carlisle, Ph 17013 2. Mary Noggle, 301 N. Hanover Street, Carlisle, Ph 17013 3. Marge otto, 346 Belvedere st., car1.ia.1o, Ph 17013 4. Harold Whitcomb, P.O. Box 113, Boi.linCj spri.nga, Ph 17007 5. Robert Whitcomb, 102 Third street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 e. Lester A. Smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Shirley Watson, 1208 Forge Road, Carlisle, PA 17013 f. Gretta Foose - died without issue. g. Beulah V. Waggoner - had two children who are identified as: 1. Caroline Darhower, 121 Race Street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 2. Kenneth Waggoner, Jr., Box 35, Route 2, Newburg, PA 17240. h. Kenneth Smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Doris Hostetter, 167 Crossroad School Road, Newville, Pennsylvania 17241. i. Ida I. Murphy - had six children who are identified as: 1. Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third street, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 2. Jane Myers, 620 Gutshall Road, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 3. Terry C. Murphy, 38 Old Town Road, Gardners, Cumberland County, P~nnsYlvania; 4. Fay R. Finkey, 59 East South Street, Carlisle, Cumberland County, PennsYlvania; 5. Fern M. Gutshall, 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; and 6. Timothy Q. Murphy, Dillsburg, YOI:k County, Pennsylvania. 10. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that EllLl May Smith, daughter of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. Smith, died without issue. 1l. Upon the death of Martin L. Smith, his son, Lester A. Smith, paid all real estate taxes due and owing on the mountain land which is the subject of this action until his death on April 13, 1971. 12. Thereafter, from 1971 and up to and including 1994, Ida I. Murphy, mother of the Plaintiffs, paid all real estate taxes on said mountain land and, during said time, had no trespassing signs and a chain placed at the entrance to said land, and Plaintiffs cut wood and hunted on said land. 13 . Since the death of Ida I. Murphy in 1995, the Plaintiff, Patrick L. Murphy, on behalf of himself and the other Plaintiffs, has been paying said taxes and s~eking to keep trespassers off said property as best he can. 14. Cumberland County real estate information setforth in the tax assessment off ice, in and for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania reflects that the land at issue consists of approximately five (5) acres on Kuhn Road, situated in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and that the owner of the land at issue is the Estate of Martin L. Smith, care of Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third Street, Box 175, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. 15. The Plaintiffs are in actual possession of the mountain land which is the subject of this action, which land is more particularly bounded and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Monroe, County of Cumberland and state of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows to wit. BEGINNING at a post a corner in the line of Geo. B. Strock thence by same North 25 degrees West 24 perches to a post, thence by lands of Jacob Hoffort, South 85 degrees West 31 7/10 perches to a post, thence by land of party hereto of the first part South 25 degrees East 37 perches to a post, thence North 57 degrees East 5 perches to a corner of John Stammel, thence North 68 degrees East 23 perches to the place of Beginning, containing five acres and one hundred and five perches. 16. The Plaintiffs and their deceased mother, Ida I. Murphy, have been in actual, exclusive, and adverse possession of the property above described, continuously for at least twenty-one (21) years prior to the filing of this complaint, claiming to own the same in fee against the whole world, and have paid all taxes of every kind levied or assessed against the property during the period of twenty-one (21) years continuously next preceding the filing of this complaint, have cut wood and hunted on said property, while also attempting to keep out trespassers. 0)1.4 .D"ED IWILLIAM A COFfEY TO EL I ZABETH B SMITH n'OUSMIO E ICHT HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT 6ETYiEEN WM. A CDrfEY A:;,IGNEE fOR THE BENEfiT Of THE CREDITIJl -S OF DAN. V. AHL or NEWVILLE, CUAI8ERLAND COUNTY ~D STATE OF pnlNSYLVANIA, AND THOMAS WAHL EXECUTOR or THE ESTATE Of CARY WAHL DEC' 0 LATE Of CARLI oLE, COUNTY or CUMEERLAND AND STATE Of PEIINSYLI'AN IA or THE fiRST PART AND ELI ZABETH B. So\1l TH or THE TOViNSH I P or MCNROE, COLNry or CUMBERLAND ANU STATE AFOREoAI D OF THE SECOIIO PART. WHEREAS, THE HERE INAnER DESCR IBED TRACT Dr LAND BY SUNDRY CCtlVEYMICES AND ASSURANCES IN LAW BECAME VESTED IN DAN V AHL AlID CORY WAHL AS TENANTS III CGNCESSION IN THE PRDPDR- I I 1 o o o o DAIED JMIU"RY 4, 1896 ENT A1ARCH 17, 1947 0 ---------------_______________1 "AUE THE rCt'RTH DAY YE AR or OUR LORD ONE ET AL CONS. 856.56 LDC, MONH DE TWP. T I eN aF SEVEN-E I GHT S IN THE SA I U DAN V AHL AlID ONE EIGHTH IN THE SA 10 CORY W. AHL, AND ViHEREAS THE SAID DAN V. AHL B'( ,.'S DEED O~ VOLUNTARY ASSIGN"'EllT BEARIIIG DATE THE 24TH CJlY Of fEB. A. D. 1665 AND RECORDED IN THE OfFICE FOR THE RECORDING OF DEEDS AT CARLISLE IN DEED SODK 'x' VOL. J, PAGE 592 010 :;RAlIT COIIVEY ASSIGN AND SET OVER AI.L HIS PROPERTY !ill!.L. PER- SONAL AND MIXED U~ITO E. 'N. StGOlE MID .\. A.~~ IN TRUST F"~ THE PURPOSE OF MAKE A JU'7 DIS-TR18Lt710N Of HI~ ESi.\7E TO Mi:i M.IO~IG ALL THEIR CR~:'1iCRS- A~lQ WHEREAS TnESAIO E. W. BI~ OLE AND A. A. THORNSCN ON iHEIR OWN 'JCLWHARY ?E7IT10N ?RE~ENrELl TO THE CCURT OF ceM. P-lEAS ON THE 21ST DAY OF' NO\'[.l,tSE..= A. D. 169u WERE C~~~H';I'{GEJ 5'( THE S~ID COURT FRCkl THEIR : ~, SAIC T,'l'"T AIIO-,-~.c"!!l,'y_ Clil'_A'IC MID J. N. HOUCK WERE SUBSTITUTED AND APPOINTED IN THEIR ,SEAD ,,:~o ';,'cue,'s ThE SAID AS5UilY DI:;L,\'ID AND J. N. HGUCK ON THEIR VOLUNTARY PETITION PRE- ISE'lT~D TO T>iE COURT OF CG^<. cLE~S 01: THE 26TH DAY OF DEC.1694, WERE DI:'CHARG,D FROM THEIR SAID tRUST 8Y T~E SAID COURT ON THE 5i.:"; DAY Of' JAN. 1~95J P.,'!8 'N~~. A. COfFEY GR;'~;TC? ~iEREIN WAS ~PPOINTE::: MlO DULY QUALIFIED AS -:';EIR SUCCESSCR i AND 'IIHEREAS THE SAID D. 'II. ~-L QIED TESTATE AND l.S7TERS TE,TA.\IENTCRY 'IIE,'E DULY ISSUED ON HIS EST~\:E eN THE 16TH DAY Of DE':. ~SB5 TO THE SAID Tf-oQ WAHL THE .EXECUTCR .\tE.':TIONEO IN SAID ~Iu.. WHO PRESE'ITEO HIS PETITion IN TH;: CRPHMIS COURT OF CUM8. CO. ASKING THAT THE SAle COURT , pCNFIRU THE SALE OF THE HEREIN cr:SC?J2ED TRACT OF LA~D TO THE SAID PARTY OF" THE SECOND PART NO SETT1~~G FORTH THA7 iHE S':"k'E NAS s..:SJECT TO A MORTG:'GE TO A. KELLER, TRUST:::: GiVEN BY THE AID THOM"S Yf AHL EXECUTOR AS AF';RESAIO UNDER AN OROE,~ OF THE ORPHANS COURT Of SAID COUNTY NO ASKnlC SAID OOURT TO Aun,OR!:E HIM TO JOIN IN A CO"':EYANCE OF THE HEREINAFT::R DESCRIBED RACT or LAND TO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECONO PART UPON THE PA'lMENT OF ThE SHARE OF THE SAID ORY '1/ AHL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID MORTGAGE. IT BEING REOORDED IN l.IORTGAGE BOOK NO 27 PAGE)5!< AND THE SAID ORPH-'NS . ".~. . - '.'~<c' EXHIBIT "A" NOTIFYING MIO CCNrl;;~tlNC SAIO SAlE A'H) AlHI'OR1Z1Nr, THE SAID THOS. 'f<I. ,lf~L EXECIftOR OF CORY w. Mil TP JOIN IPI THE CCN'I(YfJlCE or TH~ S,\10 Qr.^L E~TATE TO me PIJROIA':iER THEREOF UPON P^'lt.~t'lT or T"-E SH~RES or THE S:'IC PURCH/,m:R ~ICtIEY rn '. I<'r...'!..r::, ;R.vlTCR 1'4 ';,\11: "'CRTGAr.r, 'MOeH SAIl) P^.,.. MErIT I~ Sf.O',WI BY n,( RECtit' or THE :;'\1<: .\, "'::LtER, T~I,:lTI:E TO r'll:.. D(tO AS OY 'l.rEP(rICE TO S':'I~' ~~':I~ED:lC 1"'1, CrEJ 0r :'S:,I:,tl"f',. ".. ~I,t '/,",;.ll'u:\ I'lP[;r.P': or r:r:lJRT- IN II0TIC'1 TI1<:f/[TC MORE: FLlL'( AND AT LAA.,( APPEAR. NOW TIll5 INOE'ITURE WIWf.SSETH, THAT ':'f;( 5A1O 'M,'. A corn:y AS:j!C.".jEE or QANIEL v AIJL ,'JIO TflO AHL EXECtJTCR or Tilt EST,\TE or CORi 'II .\lIL r;rc'o PARTY H!:IlCTO Of H!!: FII1!iT PART FOR NiQ III CCN~ SIDERAT .ON or 1;';1: 3.il.1 or F'lfT'( ~l.I :JCL..,~;' ,\',:J ,II:T'/ SIt CClT:i (!'~o.~6 ) L.\WFIIL '.(itIEY or TH( UNITED STATES, TO ThEA! WELL AND TRIILY P<\IC B" THE SAte ELIZABETH B. 9.l1TH PARTY HERETO OF TI1E SECOND PART AT AND BEfORE THE SE:AL ING AtlD DEL 'VERY HERE:nf, THE: flECE I PT WJ.1EREOF I S HEREBY AC>>'lowL I:.;JGED, HAVE GRA.'HED, OAACAINCO, SOLD, ALIr::~IEO, RELEA~EO AND CCNflfl,'ED, .vIa BY THC:.ii: PR(~UlT~ 110 CRMIT, BARGAIN, SELL, ALlnl, RELEA~E AND cmlftR~1 UNTO THE SAID ELIZABE:TH B SAIITH ALL THAT CERrAI PIECE OR PARCEL Of LNlO SITUATE IN THE Tr;wtlSIiIP Of HC'lFjC(, COUNTY Of CUJ.mERLM,OANO STl.TE OF PENNS Y1..'/AN I A, BCWICe:c MlO DESCRIBED AS fCLLOI::; TO WIT. BEGINNING AT A PCST A CCf!tlER IN Tnt LINE Of GEO. B STRecK nIOIC( BY SA~E: NORTH 25 DEGREES WESl 24 PERCH1:~ TO A POST, THENCE BY If,,':LlS Of J,\COB HDF'r:RT, :>CUTH 85 DEGREES WEST )1 7/10 PERC~f.S TO A PD::iT, THEI.jCE BY LAND or PARTy 11(P.t~.'; Uf r..[ rlf~:..T flART :;l1\lifl ;!5 U(CiRE[:i [A!lT )7 Pt:qCHE:j TO i A POST, HENC( NOOTH 57 DEGREE5 EAST 5 :JEROI(S TO A COONER'Of JOhfl STAI.f..EL, THENCE NC,c.:TH 6d DECR ES EAST 2) PERC,,€s io THE PLACE or BEGHI::jf,:i, CO.;T..IN !tIC fIVE ACRES MID ONE HUNCREO A'4D fl...'( prRCHE . IT BeING ~t.F-.T Of ThE S"'J.'C TP....CT or L,WD iHAT OENJ. KAUrn.WI NIO CHRISTIAN HERR AS:.IG'IEES Of PETER r. EGE AND WirE BY THEIR IIHlENTUi;:; OAiEO THE 1ST OA,y Or ocr. A. D. 11359, CONVEYED TO l\\!. 1,1. BEETE\.l, CORY 'N AI,L, WILLIAM D. HII,t:S M:O WM YOUNC RECCAD(D IN DEED BOOK -K- VOL. 2 PACE 4) &C AND TI<( SAID '/I'M. M. BEE1E1.t AND 'IIIFE 8~' THEIR INDDITUR[ OATED AlJC 19TH 1862 CCNVE:Y(J ALL THEIR RIGHT TITLE MID ltITERC~T IN THE ABoVE X:iCRIBE: TRACT TO Q;.N v. AHL, RECORDED IN OEEO 30CK N. VOL. 2, PAGE 14';' MID THE SAID '11M. O. HII.lES A/'H) WifE MlQ ',il.l YCUtlG AND WifE BY THEIR HlDENiUFE DATED A~IL 29TH, A. O. 186) CON';(YEO J.L:.. THEIR RIGHT TITLE AND INTEREST 1N THE AHOV( mACT, RCW REMOVING UNSCUI A~IO NOT OTHERWISE C7IVEYE:D~ TO Ol."I V AHL. RECOROE:! IN :EEO SOOK ~E" VOL. ) P:'CE 521 . M~F::RE"'CE BEING H.:.D TO :JJID RECITED INCOlTUR(S WILL MORE fULLY A1-lD AT L,liH.E APPEA]R TCCETHER NITH ,\LL MID SINCULAR W,,'fS, WATERS, wATER COURSE~, RIGHTS, LIBERTtES, ffiIVILEGES, HEREOI,AMEN,$ MW APP'..!RTE~IA.""CE5 'IIHATSCE'JER ThEREUNTO Br.LOOGINr., OR IN ANY WISE APPERTAINING, AND THE RE\rBSICNS JNO R('lAI~IOCR::i. ;;E~,~~. ISSUES ANa PROfITs THE!{EOF'; >>lD<\L~O, ALL T!-E ESTAn:, FlICHT, TITLE, INTEREST, U~E, TRUST, ~':lERTY, "O~SE:Sljl~, CLAI'J:.NU OE"'.:.tlOI'/HAT~OEVE=l, OF mE. SA/CNM. A. COn-EY A.5S]c.'lEE MID iHC'.lJ,~: N A,.L [XECUTCR IN LAW, E(;;U!TY, OR OTHERWI!:iE ~1r:W50EVER, 0 IN, TO, m OUi or THE S.lJ.Ej TO HAVE :.NO TO 1"1\.;) THE :);,]0 :E~C'l!!E:J PIECE OR PARCEL OF' L:.NO, ANQ THE I.jER(01T.l.IJEN7S ~O ?REMISES HERE:.Y CiiV.,'HEO AND RELEASED, ;" '.!~IT 10NED MIO INTE'ICE~ SO TO aE, wIT, ThE JPOURiE.'/'wCES UNTO THE SAID ELIZABETH B SMITH hER ...r I~S ,,~H.1 ASS1G~4~. TO MID rOR TH( C~ILY PRO.::(R lJSE Mia &. HOOF1)F' THE 5:'10 ELIZABETH B S~.ttTH HE;: "E!~~ A,'IO .\S~IGNS fORE'/Et!. AND THE 5.:.]0 '-ILLIAM A COFfEY A::.,IG~l€r Of DAN V. SHL Mi~\ iK1MAS 'II .\I1L EXECUiCR OF TI-( E5T.\T OF CCRY W AHL ~EC'D DOTH COV(Nto.NT, n'~'.'I2( :..~;o "'GREE, TO AIm "'ITH THE SAID ELlZABE7f< 3 SMITH 11[" hE:IR~ A!ID ,\:;:;IG~;S, TH,H Tlf.:Y ,hE ~;,~Ill ',VIlLlAM A COrF"EY AS$IG~lEE or DAN V AHL AIle THCI.MS 'N. M'!L, EXECUTOR Of COilY \V :'HL OEC'O ItA'.r 'lOT JONE, COW.'ITTED, m KNQWINGLY OR WILLING.." StJrn:REC TO BE CCNE OR CCMMITTED, ANY ACT, '~:"T::R OR THING WHATSCf:VEP. Wf<EREBY TI1E O~EMI~E~ "E>;E3Y '::;;':'W':'Ep. OR A:iY PART T~E=lEOF', IS, :.RE, SHALL, ~R ',~A" 8E: IMPEACHED, Cf....?GEO OR HI CUI.4&i=!E 0, If I rlTLE, C~j.'f1CE, ESiATE, OR 'llj,..€RWISE HCW$CEVEf~. I III I'njrlESS,Vt'tREOf, THE SAID Nll.lilM J :;OrF[Y, AS~IC.'~EE MID THOMAti 'II AHL EXECUTORs HEREUNT01 S::T THE IR H,:,rl::;3 MID SEJL:i HIE OAf A!L IE::..;: .. IRS, ABC'VE WR IT,:..... SEALED AND ;C_IV~Rm IN THE PPESE'<CE Of U:i L. S. S...ALE 'Nt.! A COFFEY "'SliIGNEE Of DAN V AHL T. w. AHL EXECUTOR Of ESTATE Of CORY WAHL (L .5 . ~ $56.56 RECEIVED, 7hE DAY THE 9.JM Of FliY-SIX (L.S .) eEC'D or THE ABOVE NAMED ELIZABETH a.SMITH dED CCliSlw,!~~T.1 ON MONEY IN fUl.L il I I, I' , , ' " :1 d. Fay R. Finkey, an adult individual, who resides at 59 East South street, Carlisle, cumberland county, Pennsylvania; e. Fern M. Gutshall, an adult individual, who resides at 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling springs, cumberland county, Pennsylvania; and f. Timothy Q. Murphy, an adult individual, who resides at 1215 Old Gettysburg pike, Dillsburg, York county, Pennsylvania. 2. The Defendant, Elizabeth B. smith, is the owner of record of the land which is the subject of this action according to the public records of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 3. By Deed dated January 4, 1898 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for cumberland County, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1947 in Deed Book "M", Volume 13, Page 72, William A. coffey, assignee, for the benefit of the creditors of Daniel V. 'Ahl and Thomas W. Ahl, Executor of the Estate of carrie W. Ahl conveyed the land, which is the subject of this action, unto Elizabeth B. smith. A copy of said Deed is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "A", and incorporated herein by reference. 4. plaintiffs aver that the said Elizabeth B. smith is deceased, having died Intestate, on July 2, 1900. ,'_"",_ ,._0.. If:;" 5. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that Elizabeth B. Smith had several children and heirs, of whom only one is known, that being Martin L. Smith, who died, Testate, on May 28, 1950. 6. Under the terms of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. Smith, heir of Elizabeth B. Smith, dated March 28, 1947, ,the homestead, after the death of his wife, Ida F. Smith, and their daughter, Ella May Smith, was to be distributed among his children, Oma Seaman, Mary Ocker, Marshall L. Smith, Stella Whitcomb, Ida I. Murphy, Lester A. Smith, Gretta Foose, Beulah V. Waggoner and Kenneth Smith. A copy of the Last Will and Testament of Martin L. Smith is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference. 7 . The terms of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. Smith further provide that should any of his children be deceased at the time of his death, or at the time of distribution, then the share bequeathed to that child was to pass to their children who are surviving at the time of distribution. 8. All of the above children of Martin L. smith and Ida F. Smith, his wife, are now deceased. 9. The deceased children of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. smith were survived by the following children: a. Oma Seaman - had two children, both of whom are deceased. ~-'.. -. .-_'~ 1 [':': b. Mary Ocker - had seven children who are identified as: 1. Evelyn Hoffman, 67 F street, Carlisle, PA 17013 2. Bernice Wheeler, R.D. #1, Box 322, Hampton, N.J. 08827 3. Ronald Ocker, 5432 Doan Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 4. Lester Ocker, 15906, Jineau Lane, Houston, Texas 77040 5. Kay Roehrig, 460 N.E. Neptune Drive, Palm Bay, Florida 32907 6. Norma Blain, 64 Winchester Gardens, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 7. Larry Ocker, 834 Kelly Lane, Eugene, Oregon 97404 c. Marshall L. Smith - had two children who are identified as: 1. Lynn Smith, 7517 Dyke Rd., Fairhaven, Michigan 48023 2. Janice Pfeiffer - deceased. d. Stella Whitcomb - had five children who are identified as: 1. Ellen Newsbaum, 629 N. West Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 2. Mary Noggle, 301 N. Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 3. Marge otto, 346 Belvedere st. , Carlisle, PA 17013 Whitcomb, P.O. Box 113, Boiling Springs, PA , 4. Harold I 17007 l 5. Robert Whitcomb, 102 Third street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 e. Lester A. Smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Shirley Watson, 1208 Forge Road, Carlisle, PA 17013 f. Gretta Foose - died without issue. g. Beulah V. Waggoner - had two children who are identified as: 1. Caroline Darhower, 121 Race Street, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 2. Kenneth Waggoner, Jr., Box 35, Route 2, Newburg, PA 17240. h. Kenneth Smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Doris Hostetter, 167 Crossroad School Road, Newville, Pennsylvania 17241. i. Ida I. Murphy - had six children who are identified as: 1. Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third Street, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 2. Jane Myers, 620 Gutshall Road, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 3. Terry C. Murphy, 38 Old Town Road, Gardners, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 4. Fay R. Finkey, 59 East South street, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; 5. Fern M. Gutshall, 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; and 6. Timothy Q. Murphy, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. 10. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that Ella May Smith, daughter of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. Smith, died without issue. 11. Upon the death of Martin L. Smith, his son, Lester A. Smith, paid all real estate taxes due and owing on the mountain land which is the subject of this action until his death on April 13, 1971. 12. Thereafter, from 1971 and up to and including 1994, Ida I. Murphy, mother of the Plaintiffs, paid all real estate taxes on said mountain land and, during said time, had no trespassing signs and a chain placed at the entrance to said land, and Plaintiffs cut wood and hunted on said land. 13. Since the death of Ida I. Murphy in 1995, the Plaintiff, Patrick L. Murphy, on behalf of himself and the other Plaintiffs, has been paying said taxes and seeking to keep trespassers off said property as best he can. 14. Cumberland County real estate information setforth in the tax assessment office, in and for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania reflects that the land at issue consists of approximately five (5) acres on Kuhn Road, situated in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and that the owner of the land at issue is the Estate .. . -, .... ~r of Martin L. Smith, care of Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third street, Box 175, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. 15. The Plaintiffs are in actual possession of the mountain land which is the subject of this action, which land is more particularly bounded and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Monroe, County of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows to wit. BEGINNING at a post a corner in the line of Geo. B. Strock thence by same North 25 degrees West 24 perches to a post, thence by lands of Jacob Hoffort, South 85 degrees West 31 7/10 perches to a post, thence by land of party hereto of the first part South 25 degrees East 37 perches to a post, thence North 57 degrees East 5 perches to a corner of John Stammel, thence North 68 degrees East 23 perches to the place of Beginning, containing five acres and one hundred and five perches. 16. The Plaintiffs and their deceased mother, Ida I. Murphy, have been in actual, exclusive, and adverse possession of the property above described, continuously for at least twenty-one (21) years prior to the filing of this complaint, claiming to own the same in fee against the whole world, and have paid all taxes of every kind levied or assessed against the property during the period of twenty-one (21) years continuously next preceding the filing of this complaint, have cut wood and hunted on said property, while also attempting to keep out trespassers. I NO 0?1.4 D"ED IWILLIAM A TO EL I ZABETH GOFfE Y ET AL o o ~IADE THE FOt!RTH. DAY OF Tf'DUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED YE AR OF OUR, LORD ONE AND ~IINETY EIGHT 6ETYiEEN 11M. A COffEY ASSIGNEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CREDITCR -S Of DAN. V. AHL OF NEWVILLE, CU~I8ERLAND COUNTY AND STATE Of PENNSYLVANIA, AND THOMAS WAHL EXECUTOR Of THE ESTATE OF CARY iI AHL DEC' 0 LATE Of CARL I oLE, COUNTY Of CUMI!:RLAND AND STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA OF THE FIRST PART AND ELIZABETH B. SkllTH OF THE TDilNSHIP Of MCNROE, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ANO STATE AFORESAID or THE SECOND PART. I'IHE,qEAS, THE HERE INAFTER OEseR fBED TRACT OF LAND BY SUNDRY CONVEYANCES AND ASSlJRAN~ES IN LAW BECMIE VESTED IN DAN V AHL AND CORY W AHL AS TENANTS IN CONCESSION IN THE PRDPDR- o o o o I DAlEO JANU"RY I., 1896 ENT MARCH 17, 191.7 0 ---------_____________________0 B SkIITH CONS. LDC. 856.56 MONR DE niP. TIDN aF SEVEN-EIGHTS IN THE SAID DAN V AHL AND ~E EIGHTH IN THE SAID CORY W. AHL, AND WHEREAS THE SAID DAN V. AHL BY ';15 OEED O~ VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT BEARING DATE THE 24TH CAY Of FEB. A.D. 1685 AND RECORDED IN THE OFf ICE fOR THE RECORD I NG OF DEEDS AT CAR LI SLE IN DEED BOOK .x" VOL. J. PAGE 592 DID GRANT CONVEY ASSIGN AND SET OVER ALL HIS PRO~ERTY RENT PER- SONAL ANO MIXED UNTO E. W. BIDDLE ANil A. A.~~ IN TRUST FOR THE PURPOS< Of MAKE A JU',~ DIS-TRI3LT710N Of-HIS ESTATE TO M~j~ AUO~JG ALL THEIR CRE:)ITCF,S- MILl '#HEREAS THE: SAID E. W. BID- DLE AND A. A. THORNSON mi THE IR OWN '/OLUNTARY PET I T ION PREtlENTEll TO THE Cct:RT OF Cc)'I. P-lEAS ON THE 21ST DAY OF NOVE-I,Io::? A. D. 189U WERE DJt:i:HA"GEJ BY THE tjA1D COURT FROM THEIR SAIC TR'_','T MlD.J~,-c'JB..Y_ CIR'_^';C A/;O J. N. HOUCK WERE SUBSTITUTED AND APPOINTED IN THEIR I'ST:'~D ,",~;D 'r'jr-CFC:,S THE S:"ID ASEuriY ~~ AND J. N. HOUCK ON THEIR VOLUNTARY PET1TICN PRE- ~Gn!:.: TO - : C:JURi OF' COM. ;-U'::'S ON THE 26TH DAY or DEC.1894., WERE OI~CHARGrD FROM THEIR SAID ~RUST BY THE SAID COURT eN THE ;Tro D:.y OF' JAN. 1395, ';'NO Wl<.~. A. COFFEY GRM:TCR HEREIN WAS ~PPOINTEc AND DULY QUALIFIED AS '"Elh SUCCESSOR i MID WHEREAS THE SAID C. 'II. ~CL DiED TESTATE AND LE7T<RS TESTA.I'ENTCRY NERE DULY ISSUED ON ~IS EST.',E ON THE 16TH DAY Of DE:. 1BB5 TO THE SAID THO ',v AHL THE EXECUTCR .\oV;TIDNED IN SAID ~IU. WHO ?RESENTED HIS PETITIO" IN TH,: ORPHMIS COURT OF CUMBo CO. 'ASKING THAT THE SAID COURT J pCNflRl.I THE SALE OF THE HEREI" C<:SCRleED TRACT OF LAND TO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECONO PART NO SETT ING FORTH THAT THE S;"~,tE WAS SJ8JECT TO A MORTG:'GE TO A. KELLER, TRUST:::: GIVEN BY THE AID THOI.1AS 'I! AHL EXECUTOR AS AF':RESAID UNCE:R AN CP.DER OF THE ORPHANS COURT OF SAID COUNTY NO ASKING SAID COURT TO AUTHOR!ZE HIM TO JOIN IN A CO"','EYANCE OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED RACT Of LAND TO THE SAID PARTY GF THE SEOOND PART UPON THE PA'lMENT Of THE SHARE Of THE SAID DRY W AH~ IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS Of SAID MORTGAGE. IT SEING RECORDED IN l.IORTGAGE BOOK NO 27, PAGE 35!- NlD THE SAID . :.1 J;,. ,,' ~ .-'.~ '. '.'~, AY.JlE-_ ' EXHIBIT "A" NOTiFYING A~lD CONfl~M1NG SAID SA!.E MID AlJTf<QRIZHIG TI1E SAID n~os. w. ~L EXECurOR or CORY W. AHL T!l JOHI IN THE CCNVcy,.NCE OF' THE, StolO r?(AL ESl,\TE TO THE P1JRCHASER THEREOF' UPOtl PA""'I[~T Of' TI-'[ 5H1RES OF' THE n:'lc PURClll.SE~ ~1r.11E'l' ,0 1, Io:!:l'_r.~. '::RMITOR HI S.~H) ~crm:'AGE, IIiIIlCH StoIC PAY- lAC'IT IS S~,ov," BY TltE RECEI" or TilE ~:'IC .\, .El~E!=, TP'.dHEE TO THIS cn:o AS BY i=(rE.?['lCE TO 0;:'11:" RECIrE.:l ~r. 1 :"", OfEJ 0' ".~:,I...tr''['.' ....;~) ~I'E '.'r.r.l~tJ:; 'l~~f.:?': or i";r.lI.n Itlll0llC:!1 T~'~~~C /IlL MORE F'lJ,.LY AND AT L:.ii:'E APf'(AR. t NOW THIS INDE~lTlJR[ Y/1TfJESSETH, THM "HE 5.\10 ~t. :. CaffEY AS51C.~EE or DANIEL" AHI. .:.'10 TfIQ . AHI. CXECUTOR Oi TilE. (:HAT( or CORY '1/ .\IlL :'( C '0 PARTY HERETO or f,lF: F'1 RST PNH rOR .ANQ HI CCN- SIOER,l,T,QN or ri1C; 3,1,,( or FIFTY :.ill or;L,:,~ "",0 _In.., Sl~ CE'lT~ (!"56.56) L,\',\lf'I'L ,,(,tIC.... a~ r..( mllTi::o STATES, TO THEM 'NELL AND TR"lY PAle BY T~E SAle ElIZABET~ B. ~nTH PARTY HERETO Of' T~E I SECOND PART AT A'lD BEFORE THE SEALltlG AND DeLIVERY HEREOf', ~E RECEIPT WHEREOF 15 HERE!!Y AC>>,IOWl" ~!)GEO, HAve: GRANTED, [1.'\RGAINEO, SOLO, ALICIED, Rr.LEA~EO MID cmlFlfllCD, .v1O BY TH(~( PRESE!IT~ DO J GRAtlT, BARGAIN, sell, ALlEtl, RELEA!:.:: AlID GCNrlR~' UNTO THE SAlll ELIZABETH B S),tlTH ALL TH.\i CE RT.\ I PIECE OR PARCEL.,)F LA'lO SITIJATE \tl r...E T()wtlStilP or 110lfolOC, COI:l'l':'Y Of' CUMUERLANllAN:J ~T:'7E OF I PENNS'l1..IJANIA, aOWICED MIO DESCRIBED AS FCLlOW~ TO WIT. BEGlmllNG AT A peST A CCFHlEFI IN TH( LINE or GEO. 9 STROCK THEtlCE BY SA/..';: NORTH 25 OEGREES I WEST 21. PERCHE!l TO A POST, TH(NCE BY L;.';u:'; OF JACOB HOfrCRT, SOtJTH 85 DE<:.REES WE':!T )1 7/:.0 PERC!oIES TO A POsT, THU.CE BY LANU or P;'RT'( HERt.~L, or Till rlfi~r "Mn :;nllflt 25 O(('jREE~ (AliT)7 j>::~CHE:i Hl : A POST, TI-f:.~ICE ~lC\HH 57 DECREES EA:;T 5 P(P.01ES TO A COONER'OF JOHtl STAIvt.(L, THENCE NCtiTH 63 DEGR~ES EAST 2) PERCI-ES itl HIE PLACE OF eECHI~JI~;:i, Cru-;TA1NHIG fiVE '='C?E~ AtID Ct4E HUNCRED ,!fjD .I','E PERCIE:$. IT BEING PAiiT OF THE SA/.'!. mACT or '.:".0 fllAT BE~.J. KM,:rn.W; NlU CllRISTIAtl IIERR AS~,IG~:EE5 OF' PETER r. EGE AND 'NlrE BY THEIR INDENT,,;;::. O.\T(O ThE 1ST t::.A,y Of Olol. A. O. UI;9, cml'l:::'(EiJ TOMo!. /.,I. BEETne, CCRY 'N AHL, WILLIAM D. Hll.{:S Mill WM 'tOUtlG RECOOOED IN OCEll BOCK -KR VOL. Z PAGE 4) &C AND T!-IE SA 10 'NM. M. BEE1EM AND ',1/1;( !:Y WEIR ltlUEWruRE DAno AlIG 19TH 11362 CONV('t!D ALL THCIR[ RIGHT TITLE MID IWiEREST IN THE AOOVE XSC?:160 mACT TO Q.:.N V. >>iL, RECORDED IN DGD SOOK N. VOL. 2, PAGE ll., AtlD T....E SAID \11\\. D. HI/..lt!l AtlU WIFE AtlD ',"'J.I YC\itlG AND WIFE BY n~E1R HIO(NTUil;. DATED AffilL 29TH, A. D. 186) CQtHtYE:l ,.l.~:" THEIR RIGHT TITLE AtlD INTEREST IN THE ALOV( TRACT, ~CW REMOvlIlG UN~CLD MIO tlOT OTHERWISE C1'.VEYEDR TO Dt',,'l V AHL. P.ECORDEJ IN iXED SOOK RE" VOL. ) P.:.CE 521 . RErERE"lCE BE ING H:.D TO ~,.l.:a RECITED lNceliURES WILL "'ORE FULLY 41lC AT L,lf\~E .APPEAR~ TCGETHER 'NITH .\LL AtID SINGULo\R W,WS, w.,TER!>, HATER CCURsE:;, RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, ffilVILEGES, HERE01iA/.!E,NTS ,HlU APPI..'RTEllA.'lCES "l(HATSCE'JER ThEREUNTO Bf.LONGI~IG, 00 IN AtlY WISE APPERT.1.INlNG, AND THE RE'.(RSICtIS :.NO REMA.IN:::i:%, RE',7'::, 15SUE~ .VIO PROFITS THEHEOf'; AND ALSO, A.LL T-{. ESTATE, RIGttT, TITLE, INrt:REsT, USE, TRusT, ~ :::>ERTY. :.oOS::E:SSICt<, CLA.I~.' ANO OCI.l'::~O WHAT~ilE\I(~, or THE' SA.IC '11/..1. A. corn:y .l.S':!lrJlEE AND THCI,1.\:: N ....l EXECUTOR IN LAW, E~UIT't, OR OThERWISE ~jC::WSOEVER, oFi IN, TO, ffi OUT or THE SAJ.E; TO HAVE ,VID TO j-O>:t,:J THE $AI~ ;)E~C~.12E:> PIECE OR P:.RCEL:':f' LAND, AoND THE HERE'JIT:'fJE~TS ,ll4D PHEMISES HERE:!... GR:.NTEO AtID RELEA5Ei:l, 1" q~,T 10NE:J :.tlO IN7E',CEO so TO aE, wti TIlE A.~PURiE'I/tiCES[ urHO rHE SA.IO E L IZA6ETH 9 S/..ll TI1 HER ..,::: 1 ~s ..'W A.S;; I G'l~, TO ..tl~ tOR THE OILY PRO ~R IISE .:.lID SE HOOfilF THE 5;.1:: ELIZABETH 9 SI,q7l1 H(;: He;'~:i A'IO ASSIGNS rORE'/ER. MlO THE SA\O N Il.L I:",' :. cOFre;v AC 1C,'In: Of' DAN 'I. SHL MlJ T;.;QI.!A.$ W .AHL nECUTCF. J>' Hi: ESTAT Or CCRY WAHL ::::0'0 oaTH COVE~;;,!lT, :J,':I.'IZE ~':D AGREE, TO Mm WITH THE SAID ELI<::.BEiH 3 SI.tITH Hr,:" ,,~IRS :'~I::' ;.';::;Iri~~::;. TI1:.T TI('( ThE :,~Ill WILLIAM A. COFFEY ASSIG~lEE OF DAN V &Hl .....10 iHO~MS 'It. AHL, EXECUTeR Or cmy \'1 Mil DEC';) H:",::: ~:Oi ;JONE, CCt'.t,'ITTED, OR KNOWmOlY OR W1LLlW,iLY SUfFERED TO BE DCNE OR -:W~,A1TTE:l, MIY ACT, ,~:,i~:::R 0" TIolI~IG .....H:.TSCEvt:,:l, .....!-'ERESY ThE Ptl;E~,ll:oES ',::'1E3Y Ij!:.'rr~p, OR ANY ?ART TrE=<EOF, IS, AA::, SHALL. :R ',\A~ i:!:: n.lPE':'CH(D, (;h~RGEU OR H1CUMOC::EIJ, 1'1 rIlLE, CH.:AGE, E~rATE, OR CT~SRWlSE HCWSCEVER. I IN W1Ttlr;:SS 'Nt-EREOF, THE SAID IIIL'.IAM .\ i;OP"EY, AS~IG~~EE ..IIU T....O"':.s 'Ii AHL EXEC'IT:::P.S HER:;UNTO I SET T!-'EIR H:'~l:::: A~1O SE..U:i T..E ;J..y :.~.:: Y::~F. .I?S':' :.2;)',( WRITE'.. SEALED M~C. :;E\.IV'J?ED IN THE ?P.E$U.C:; OF US L. S. S.AALE ,,'t,\ ;., CO,,'"EY (L.S.; AS~lGtlEE: Of' OAN V ..HL T. W. "lolL (l.S,) EXECUTOR OF EST.HE Of cORY 'It AHL OEC'D '56.56 RECE PIED, 7f-E DAY THE &JM OF F!TY.SIX OF THE OATE OF ThE ABOVE IND!NTURE, SIX CENTS .W OF THE ABOVE: NNJEO EL 1 ZABE7H 3. S/..lI TH JONED C~S.~~~~TICN MONEY IN FULL h~(;' .~.....- ,'~"I' (....\ ' , .:;~\'~ .'.'. ..,. 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The Defendant, Elizabeth B. smith, is the owner of record of the land which is the subject of this action according to the public records of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 3 . By Deed dated January 4, 1898 and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, in and for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1947 in Deed Book "M", Volume 13, Page 72, William A. coffey, assignee, for the benefit of the creditors of Daniel V.Ahl and Thomas W. Ahl, Executor of the Estate of Carrie W. Ahl conveyed the land, which is the subject of this action, unto Elizabeth B. smith. A copy of said Deed is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "A", and incorporated herein by reference. 4. Plaintiffs aver that the said Elizabeth B. Smith is deceased, having died Intestate, on July 2, 1900. 5. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that Elizabeth B. Smith had several children and heirs, of whom only one is known, that being Martin L. smith, who died, Testate, on May 28, 1950. 6. Under the terms of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. Smith, heir of Elizabeth B. smith, dated March 28, 1947, ,the homestead, after the death of his wife, Ida F. Smith, and their daughter, Ella May Smith, was to be distributed among his children, Oma Seaman, Mary Ocker, Marshall L. Smith, stella Whitcomb, Ida I. Mur.phy, Lester A. Smith, Gretta Foose, Beulah V. Waggoner and Kenneth smith. A copy of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. smith is attached hereto, marked as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by reference. 7 . The terms of the Last will and Testament of Martin L. Smith further provide that should any of his children be deceased at the time of his death, or at the time of distribution, then the share bequeathed to that child was to pass to their children who are surviving at the time of distribution. 8 . All of the above children of Martin L. Smith and Ida F. smith, his wife, are now deceased. 9 . The deceased children of Martin L. smith and Ida F. smith were survived by the following children: a. Oma Seaman - had two children, both of whom are deceased. b. Mary Ocker - had seven children who are identified as: 1. Evelyn Hoffman, 67 F Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 2. Bernice Wheeler, R.D. #1, Box 322, Hampton, N.J. 08827 3. Ronald Ocker, 5432 Doan Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 4. Lester Ocker, 15906, Jine:;lU Lane, Houston, Texas 77040 5. Kay Roehrig, 460 N.E. Neptune Drive, Palm Bay, Florida 32907 6. Norma Blain, 64 Winchester Gardens, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 7. Larry Ocker, 834 Kelly Lane, Eugene, Oregon 97404 c. Marshall L. Smith - had two children who are identified as: 1. Lynn Smith, 7517 Dyke Rd., Fairhaven, Michigan 48023 2. Janice Pfeiffer - deceased. d. Stella Whitcomb - had five children who are identified as: 1. Ellen Newsbaum, 629 N. West Street, carlisle" PA 17013 2. Mary Noggle, 301 N. Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013 3. Marge otto, 346 Belvedere st., Carlisle, PA 17013 4. Harold Whitcomb, P.O. Box 113, Boiling Springs, PA 17007 'I 5. Robert Whitcomb, 102 Third street, Boiling springs, PA 17007 e. Lester A. smith - had one child who is identified as: 1. Shirley Watson, 1208 Forge Road, carlisle, PA 17013 f. Gretta Foose - died without issue. g. Beulah V. Waggoner - had two children who are identified as: 1. 121 Race Street, Boiling Caroline Darhower, Springs, PA 17007 2. Kenneth Waggoner, Jr., Box 35, Route 2, Newburg, PA 17240. h. Kenneth smith - had one child who is identified as: 1.. Doris Hostetter, 167 Crossroad School Road, Newville, Pennsylvania 17241. i. Ida I. Murphy - had six children who are identified as: 1. Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third street, Boiling Springs, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 2. Jane l1yers, 620 Gutshall Road, Boiling springs, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 3. Terry C. M~rphy, 38 Old Town Road, Gardners, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 4. Fay R. Finkey, 59 East South street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania; 5. Fern M. Gutshall, 34 Hamilton Road, Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; and 6. Timothy Q. Murphy, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. 10. Plaintiffs believe and therefore aver that Ella May smith, daughter of Martin L. smith and Ida F. Smith, died without issue. 11. Upon the death of Martin L. Smith, his son, Lester A. smith, paid all real estate taxes due and owing on the mountain land which is the subject of this action until his death on April 13, 1971. 12. Thereafter, from 1971 and up to and including 1994, Ida I. Murphy, mother of the Plaintiffs, paid all real estate taxes on said mountain land and, during said time, had no trespassing signs and a chain placed at the entrance to said land, and Plaintiffs cut wood and hunted on said land. 13 . since the death of Ida I. Murphy in 1995, the Plaintiff, Patrick L. Murphy, on behalf of himself and the other Plaintiffs, has been paying said taxes and seeking to keep trespassers off said property as best he can. 14. Cumberland County real estate information setforth in the tax assessment! office, in and for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania reflects that the land at issue consists of approximately five (5) acres on Kuhn Road, situated in Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and that the owner of the land at issue is the Estate of Martin L. Smith, care of Patrick L. Murphy, 106 Third street, Box 175, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. 15. The Plaintiffs are in actual possession of the mountain land which is the subject of this action, which land is more particularly bounded and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Monroe, County of Cumberland and state of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows to wit. BEGINNING at a post a corner in the line of Geo. B. Strock thence by same North 25 degrees West 24 perches to a post, thence by lands of Jacob Hoffort, South 85 degrees West 31 7/10 perches to a post, thence by' land of party hereto of the first part South 25 degrees East 37 perches to a post, thence North 57 degrees East 5 perches to a corner of John Stammel, thence North 68 degrees East 23 perches to the place of Beginning, containing five acres and one hundred and five perches. 16. The Plaintiffs and their deceased mother, Ida I. Murphy, have been in actual, exclusive, and adverse possession of the property above described, continuously for at least twenty-one (21) years prior to the filing of this complaint, cla~ming to own the same in fee against the whole world, and have paid all taxes of every kind levied or assessed against the property during the period of twenty-one (21) years continuously next preceding the filing of this complaint, have cut wood and hunted on said property, while also attempting to keep out trespassers. LOC. o o o o I o I DArED JMIU"RY I., 1696 ENT MAilCH 17. 1947 I ______________________________0 856.56 THIS INOENTURE, ~IADE THE FGt'RTH DAY OF JMIUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE n-DUSANO EI,GHT HUt,lDRED AND tllNETY EIGHT 6ETYiEEN WM. A COFfEY AoSIGNEE Foo THE BENEfIT OF THE CREDITCl1 -S OF DAN . V. AHL OF NEWV I LLE, CmlBERLMID COUNTY AND STATE Of PENNSYLVANIA, AND THOMAS WAHL EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF CARY WAHL OEC'O LATE Of CARLISLE, COUNTY Of CUMOCRLAND AND STATE OF PENNSYLI'~N IA OF THE FIRST PART AND WILLIAM A COffEY ET AL TO ELIZABETH B SMITH CONS. MONROE TWP. ELIZABETH 6. SMITH OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONROE, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND ANO STATE AFORESAID OF THE SECOND PART. WHEREAS, THE HEREINAfTER DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND BY SUNDRY CONVEYANCES AND ASSURANcES IN LAW BECMIE VESTED IN DAN V AHL MID CORY W AHL AS TENANTS IN CONCESSION IN THE PROPOR- TI~N aF SEVEN-EIGHTS IN THE SAID DAN V AHL AND ONE EIGHTH IN THE SAID CORY W. AHL, AND WHEREAS THE S~IO DAN V. AHL 9'( HIS DEEO 0;- VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT 9EARING DATE THE 24TH CAY Of FEB. A. O. 1665 AND RECORDED IN THE OFfiCE FCR THE RECORDING Of GEE OS AT C~RLlSLE IN GEED 900K 'x' VOL. 3, P,\GE 592 DID GRANT CONVEY ASSIGII AND SET OVEil ALL HIS PROPERTY ~ PER- SONAL AND M I XEO U'lTO E. w. B I DOLE AiIO A. A .~tISON III TRUST FOR THE PUR POSE OF MAKE A JU',7 OIS-TR1SL'iION OFHI~ ESTATE TO OLE AND A. A. THORNSON :,N~ Ai,IO:IG ALL ThEIR CRE:!ITCF.S- AiID WHEilE~S ThE 'iAID E. W. BIt}- 011 THE IR OVff' VOLUNTARY PE~ I T ION PRESENTED TO THE CC\JRT JF COM. P-l~AS ON THE 21ST DAY OF ~:O\'D.!5::R A. D. 1~9U WERE O\~Cd';r":GEJ BY THE ~AIO C\}URi FRCM THEIR S~IC El',T ~11O.Jc~,-:JB..Y_ Clil'_A~D ~:;u J. N. HOUCK WERE SUBSTITUTED AND APPOI~TEO IN THEIR STr~u f\~W ',H-CF:E'.S n-E S:"lD ASEUfjY DI;'\LA."ID AND J. N. HOUCK ON THEIR VOLUNTARY PETITION PRE- [E~lT~C T0 T-[ CJURi OF COI.J. ;-U..I'S mi THE 26Th DAY O~ OE':;.1894, WERE DISCHARGrD rROM THEIR SAID ~RUST 6Y THE SAID COURT ON THE :~- D~Y of JAIi. 1s95. r"D WM. A. COFFEY GRA~~CR, ,;EREIN WAS r-PPOINTEC AND DULY QUMLlF1EO AS -...EIR SUCCESSOR ~ AND 'I/HERE:"S THE SA10 C. 'II. :"'~L :)!::o n:STA7E A~:'J L=:7T:::RS TESTAMENTCRY ,yE,::;:E ~ULY ISSUED eN IS EST,\7E ml THE 16TH DAY Of GEC. ~SB5 TO THE 5';10 TI-<O WAHL THE ,EXECUTCR \.E~;Tl0NEj IN SAID ILL WHO ?RESEN7ED HIS PETiT10tl IN Ti-it: CR?H,MIS COURT OF CW.AB. co. ASKING TH:..7 THE SAID COURT pCNF1RJ.l THE SALE Of THE HEREIN ce:SCRI2ED TRACT OF" L;"~D TO THE SAle PARTY OF THE SECOND PART fNO SETT 1~4G FORTH THAi THE S;"ktE WAS s..'BJECT TO A MCRiC:AGE TO A. KELLER, TRUSTEE GIVEN BY THE 6AIO THCf..l:"S '~ AHL EXECUTOR AS AF'CRESAID UNOCR AN OOOER OF THE ORPHANS COURT OF SAID COUNTY NO ASKI~'G SAID COURT TO AUTHOR!:E HIM TO JOIN IN A CO'."EYANCE Of THE HEREINAfTER GESCRIBEO RACT Of LAND TO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART UPON THE PA'lMENT Of ThE SHARE Of THE SAID ORY W AH~ IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ~RTGAGE. IT 9EING RECORDED IN I.lCllTGAGE BOOK NO 27, ~AGE .oND THE SAID ORPHANS ..' ~ ',' ' . . :. '~,~ ' EXHIBIT "A" NOTIFYING ,\NO CONf'tFJ.HNG SAID SALE AND A\JTI'ORIZ'''G THE SAID 11-'05. w, t+<L EXEcuron OF CORY W. AHl. 'T!,! JOIN IN THE C('N'I(ymCE or THE:, 5.\lD REAL E:5TAT[ TO THE PIJRCHASER THEREor UPON PA~E~n Of' T~E SH.1IU:S or THE S:.IL: PURC~"'SE~ "IOIIEV iO ~. O:!:I.'~r.R. ~RAtlTOR I~j 5:.\0 IJCIHGAr.E, WilCH SAID PA'f- "'[Pll I:; S"'01i1'1 BY Tf1( RECEP'. or THE 3-\IC.\. ~'[L:.-EF, TKl,!iTEE TO THIS :;(::D AS!iY Ftf'EPE!ICE TO '3:.r~: qECI~E:J =::~ 1',"1, Cft'~ (.'If. :'S:.l"}:I'~'.' ....::J ~I'~ ','.',;.Ir't1:; fjP:;E?': or r.r.u~r IN 'IOTIOI Ti-l':nrTQ 'NIL MORE f'LlLY AND AT L~~E APPEAR. t NOW THIS INOE'HURE WlnlESSETH, THAT 'f'E So\lD 'M1. A COffEY AS.lI("~'.EE Of DANIEL V AHL ......10 THO . 4HL EXECUTOR Of THE. ESTATE. or Cf'lRY 'N MtL Dr cto PARTY HERETO Of r~r. fiRST P.\RT FOR ANQ III CCN~ SIOERAT,CN or THE 3,"1 or flFTv ~I~ ::;i'L...,~, .....,:) 'l'Tf SIX. CE'U::i (t50.~6) L.\WF"L "0.1:'1' Or THE UNITED STATES, TO THEM WELL AND TRIILY PAle S.... THE SAIC ELIZABETH B. ~t1TH PARTY HERETO Of THE SECOND PART AT AIm SErCRE THE SEAL INr.. ol.1lQ DEL IVERY HEREt)f, ThE flECE I PT W}~EREor I S HERESY AC.l<1'IOWL ~OGEO, HAVE GRANTED, OAAGAINEtJ, SOLD, ALIEIIEO, RELE.\~EO MID COtIFl~lEO, ~ID BY THE:]E PRESE~IT~ DO ClRM/T, Bt-RGAtN, SELL, ALIEN, RELE.\ZS A'ID r.ONFIR" UNTO THE ::iAIU EL1,A6t:!H B &.IITH ALL THAT CERT..'.I PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITU,\TE IN ThE H:WNSHIP OF ~10NNC(, CQIII'lTY OF cu~mERLM.il.\Nil ST;.';"E Of' PENNS'ft.'1ANIA, BOCtJCED Atm DESCRIBED AS FeLLOW:; TO wIT. BEGINNING AT A peST A CORNER IN THE LINE Of ClD. B STRCCl\ THEtJCE BY SAI.E: NDilTH 2S DEGREES WEST 24 PERCHEZ TO A POST, Hl[NCE BY L:"::}~ OF J,\COB HorreRT, ::iCUTH 85 CEGREES WEST )1 7/10 PERCrlES TO A POBT, THENCE ey L,\NU Of PARTY HEll!..:':, or TilE Fill:.., P,\RT ~r.t1n~ :!5 fJECiREE~ CA!;T )7 flERCHE:i TO I A POST, Hf:~ICE N~TH 57 DEGREES EA.!.iT 5 PERCflES TO A COONER'Of JOHtj STM.t.EL, THENCE Nr,~TH 613 O(GR'ES EAST 2) PERCrES TI) THE PL4CE Of 8EGI~I!lP,:" cmiTAINnlG F'IVE .\eRE3 MID ONE HUNCRED .:IlD FI'.E PERCHr.$. IT B(INC """T OF THE. SAI.'( TP..\cr or L.\NtJ THAT OE~lJ. K.\UFn.W~ NlfJ CHRISTIAN HERR AS~,IG~jEES OF PETER F. EGE AND WIFE BY THEIR ItlfJE"lit.:U.; O';,ED THE 1ST CAY or 0"'1. '\. o. 1a5~, CO~lVrYEU TO 'M.l. "'. BEETDA, CORY 'N AHL, WILLlAI.I O. HII.,[5 MiLl 'N"'l YOW1G RECOOOEo IN DEE[J BOOK .K" VOL. 2 PAGE 4) &:C MID THE SA 10 'IiM. M. BEE:1EMANO .HlfE BY THEIR 1tlUE~ITURE ot,TEO AllG 19TH 1862 CONVEYEu ALL THEIR R1CHT TITLE..um Hl,ERE~T IN THE A(leV( :;(~;C?IBE: mACT TO DAN V. AliL, RECORDED IN DEED 900K N. VOL. 2. PAGE 147 MID THE ~AIO "I. O. HI1,'(5 ANfJ WIFE AND VI"" YCU~IG AND WIFE BY THEIR UIOENTUIf: DATED AFRIL 29TH, A. o. ld6J CC-N'.{.YED .l.:..:... THEIR RIGHT TITLE MID IN1'EREl;iT IN ThE ABOVE TRACT, ~cw REMOVING UN~C:EI MIO tlOT OTIiERY/ISE C:JlVEVEOft TO om v AHL. RECORCE:) IN OCEO BOOK "E" VOL. ) PAGE 521 . RE:'~"E'jCe: 8E ING HAD TO :j;.::l ,qe:C ITEO INct:NTURES WILL I..'ORE FULlV AND AT L,lRGE APPEAR TCGETHER 'NlT!'! ALL AND SINGULAR W,~YS, W/lTEHS, "'ATER COURSE~. RIGHT::i. LlBCRTIES, ~IVILEGES, HEREDIUI.!ENT5 ~llD APPI~'RTE~jA."lCES ./o'HATSCE'JER THEREUNTO BELONGt",.. 00 IN MlY WISE APPERTAINING, ANQ THE RE''''E~SI(l'~~ .:.NO RE"\4lllCER::i, "E!.~::;, ISSUES .\IW PROfiTS THEflEOf; ,!NO ALSO, .\LL T!-'[ ESTATE, RI~HT, TITLE, INTEREST, USE, TRU~T, ;;c ;):':11"1, POS.:ESS1CN. CL-'I'!.::oiJ DOI.:t1D WHAT~QE'ft:', OF THE' SAle. NM. A. CCF'.~V ASSlrJlEE AND TMW.~:.: N ;'~L EXECUTOR IN LAW, E::tJlTY, OR OTHERWI~E HOWSOEVER, 0 IN, TO, m OUT ')F THE SM,E; TO HAVE A~l:;' TO !-"\.:J TH~ $AID :E::iC~12ElJ PIECE OR P;'RCEl ;:.... L.:.'1:>, AND THE HER(DIT:"/..ENTS ~O ~EMISES HERE=~ GR;....HEO MID RELEASED, h !,t:;n 10NED MID IN7E',CED so TO ilE iiI ThE .\DnURTE'j~CES UNTO ,HE SAID ELlZ,\SETH 5 SMITH ..,ER H:: IR~ ..'Hl A::i:.;IG:I~, TO ..tl~ reR ':'H( C~j~V' P:C~R USE' MID '&,5",'1' HOOr -OF' iHE 5-'1: ELIZ-'BETH 3 S',~1711 HE? HEI,?:.; MIQ ,\SSIGNS rORE'/ER. AND TroE S..!D 'NIU.IAI.l A CorrE'( AC ,:G~ICI Of DMl 'I. SHL Ml; T"'O'-VlS W -'HL EXECUiCP. or TI-i: 0, C::RV WAHL '::EC'D OCTH COVE!..;!H, r....~I..IZ( :'~iD i\GREE, TO Mm "'1TH THE SAID ELIZABETH 3 SMITH HER H!:IR":.i ..~J::' :,';~Ir.~~::i. jI,:., TIt::Y THE S:.Ii) .....ILLlAM A COFFEY ASSIGNEE Of" DAN V .6HL ArID THOMAS W. AHL, EXECUTOR ;:r COi<V \'1 .;HL DEC':) H.1.',~ ',OT ::JCNE, CCA1I.'ITTED, ffi 1(~ICWHlGlY OR 'NILll~.GL" SUfFERED ! I ! i I I OR AW P;.;?T Tf<E~EOF I ES1'~TE, OR Dr..~r:lwISE TO SE DCNE OR :WMITTEO, MlV ACT. ',1;'~7:.R or; THING NI1A,TSCE"::':'. 'N~ERE3Y TroE DllE:'.U::;E~ "E"iEBY '::.R.1.tl-r::p, IS, ;'R:=':, S~..1.u.. :R 1,'A,>t 3E lMPE:AC.YED, C!':.RGEi.l OR l~jCL'M&.RE'J, I~I Tl'lE. CH;f?GE, I IN 'o'I1i~'E5S ',v~EP:EOf, THE 5..ID NI!~_I:'M .\ ":OFF::V, AS!:,IGNE:: ~~HJ THOM'\~ 'N AHL C<Ec:nCRS HEREUNTOl SE:T THEIR ,"t':'!C:i MID S(~L::i THE :lAY ~,'~ ~:::;;: ,'IPST ~20',E WRITi~'.. HC.....~CEvER . SE~LEO AND :JE\.! '/tRW IN TI-IE PRESENCE OF US L. S. SAALE ..".,.\..\ :CF,::Y (L.S .) I 1 :1 I I AS;;lmJEE OF DAN V ....HL T. w. AHL E:XECUTOO OF' ESTt.iE OF COOV WAHL (l.S ,) OEC '0 $56.50 RECE 1'1:':0, ,;-,E 0-'''' THE SJM OF FliY-SIX THE ABOVE NN.tEO ELIZABETH B.llMITH .I<JIED CQ4SI_~~~TIOO MONEY IN - State of Pennsylvania, County of Cumberland. PROOF OF PUBLICATION Sherry Clifford, Classified Ad Manager of THE SENTINEL . of the County and Slale aforesaid, being duly sworn, deposes and says that THE SENTINEL, a newspaper of general circulation In the Borough of Carlisle, County and State aforesaid, was established December 13th, 1881, since whloh date THE SENTINEL has been regularly issued in said County, and that the printed notice or publication attached hereto is exactly the same as was printed and published in the regular editions and issues of THE SENTINEL on the fOllowing dates, viz ,1":,.,,,,,, nf Nnti~p. of Publication Mllilli IQ OUlET TITLE : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF 'CUMBERLt.ND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ' CIVIL ACTION. LAW NO, SS9 CIVIL 1999 PATRICK L. MURPHY, JANE MYERS, TERRY C, MURPHY, FA Y R, FINKEY, FERI'I M, GUTSHALL,T1MOTHY O,MURPHY '. , Plaintiffs Vs, ELIZABETH B, SMITH, Her Heirs and Assigns Defendants " " TO ELIZABETH B. SMITH, her heirs and assIgns: . TA~E NOrICE, thai ~ln the 17th day of February, 1999, PlaIntiffs filed a Complaint averring lhatthey are Ihe owners of alllhat cartal," Iracl 01 Mountain land situato in lhe Township of Monroe. County of Cumberland and Slale of Pennsylvania, bounded and described 10 wit: . ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate In tho TownshIp of Monroe"County of Cumberland and Stalo of Pennsylvania. bounded and described as follows to wil: BEGINNING at a post a corner In lhe line of Geo. 8.' Strock thence by same North 25 degrees West24 perches to a post, thence by lands now or formerly of Jacob Hoffart, South 85 degrees West31 7110 perches to a post, lhence by land of party hereto of the first part SOUlh 25 degrees East 37 perches to a post, thence North 57 degrees EaslS perChes to a corner of John Stammel, thence North 68 degrees East23 perches to the place of BegInning, conlalning five acres and one hundred and five perches. " ' I""... ., . . 8EING Ihe same premises which Wm. A. Colley Assignee for the bell_ef!: o_f the credilors of Dan. V, Ahl of NewvUle CUmberland County and Slate 'of Pennsylvania, and Th~mas W. Ahl ,Executor qf.the Estate of Cary W,. Ahl, Dec'd lalo of Ca~lIsle, County of Cumberland and Stale of Pennsylvania, by therr deed dated Jilnuary 4, 1 ~98 and recorded March 17, 1947, In th~ OffIce of the Aecorderof Deeds,lnand fQr. Cumberland Counly.Pennsylvanla,ln Deed Soo_k"M', :, ' Volume 13. Page 72 granted and _conveyed uhlo Elizabeth B. Smith of Ihe Township of ~onr~~,'"CountY'cil. C~m~ei-Iand and. State at ~e.nnsylva.nla;?~'':";~'';'ll'~.: 1.' h: '>'i~',;'li'rr\)'.:N.J':I.:j ~;";~ " 'Said Complalnt!nlhl.s, Act/on ,to Qu!et TUle regues:s the Court to decree thallJlle to the above 'des'crlbed'p'reml.scs 'Is hi Plain. liffs. PATRICK l!; MURPHYiJANEMYERS,cTERRY,C. i, '",,, . MURPliY:FAY R"FINKEY. F,~RN M; GUTSHALl;.ndTIMO. 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