It’s The Law “It’s the Law” with simple an swers is offered by LANCASTER I?ARMING in coopeiation with the Pennsylvania Bar Association. General interest questions arc welcomed, and will be answered as soon as possible. Letters must be signed. Answer will not be published on a specified, re quested day. Questions cannot be answered by mail, and LANCAS TER FARMING will reject any in quiiy which is not of general pub lic interest. Address all inquiries to “It’s the Law,” LANCASTER FARMING, Quarryville, Pa. (Fic titious initials will be used to pro tect the identity of the questions). Q How wide can you make « lane that crosses othei people s l c nd leading from the highway to my iarm 9 It has been in use foi years and years I would like to improve it The nght-of way is on .my deed, but no width is men t’oned P L D A. The answer to youi question depends almost entirely upon the 1 mguage which was used when the right-of-way over youi neigh boi s land was created The char acter, extent and use of the right of-way would first have to be de lei mined by the world used in ci eating the right-of-way or casement as it is called m the law If the words creating the right-of-way should prove to be ambiguous, then, in determining |iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiina | New Jersey Green Sand - Potash | | Rock & Colloidal Phosphate | (Calphos) NATURAL SOIL BUILDERS Use In • . . Stables Poultry Houses Increases: Potash Content, Manure Value Safe Absorbent for Moisture Apply on Lawns New Grass Fields And All Fall Grains | Will Not Burn Odorless | BULK OR BAGS H Place Your Onfei Today With One of These Dealers 1 BIRD-IN-HAND | SMUCKER BROS. = LANCASTER | ROY B. ERB § MILLERSVILLE 1 MERYIN McMICHAEL. . . aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimiiiFi DAIRYMEN! Get Full Information About the New Patented ESCO "ICY WALL” Bulk Milk Cooler Tf» excfus/vi patented "ICY-WAL ,frincipl».. Cools y< milk faster. Keeps your ( milk coldef; Drop in, write or phone for Complete information. No obligation. Stauffer Diesel Refrigeration GORDONVILLE, RDI. the extent of the right-of-way, you would have to look further to the intent ot the parlies m creating the nght-of-way For example, a nght-of way which was created “for teams and wagons” has been held to in clude automobiles, for an auto mobile is in a general sense a wagon. It would seem that you would have the right to improve the lane, or right-of-way, at least to the same width which the lane has been used in the past Should you wish to improve the lane to a width wider than that used in the past, it is possible that you would have to obtain consent of vour neighbors for this additional use Q We have a large collie He is confined to our yard except when he is taken for a stroll If he should bile someone when con fined to our yard (surrounded by a fence) are we legally 01 moral ly responsible 9 Do the police have the authonty to take him away from us without a court order 9 A G. K A Under the piovisions of the Pennsylvania Dog Low, an owner of a dog, which bears a proper license tag and is properly con fined to the owner’s premises, would not bo legally responsible for injuries caused to someone who comes upon the premises and is bitten by the dog, and the po lice would have no power to come upon the property and take the dog away However, if the owner of the aog was aware of the dog’s vicious propensities, he would have the . . TR 2-4377 | Operates at 1 Costs less" lower cost to Install Ph. Intercourse SO 8-8531 SO 8-3610 | LO 9-1580 | duty, it would seem, even to those who come upon his property, to warn them of the dog s vicious habits Should he fail to perform this duty, he could be held respon sible lor injuries caused to per sons by the dog’s biting Q Last year I decided to take a coi respondcnce course and signed my name to all the pa pers I stated that I was 23 years old, while in fact I was 19 I -wiote and asked them to stop it, whic h they did not do I have paid the $3O out of the total for the course of $125 I do not wish to continue and certainly do not want to pay the remain der Is it possible for them to sue me for the remainder of the money 7 —M M A A contract made bv a child under 21 years of age is voidable even though the child misrepre sented his oi her age in entenng into the conti act Such a child would have the light to disaf firm such contract he made at any time befoie reaching the age of 21 years, or within a rea sonable time thereafter Since you have appaicntly told the parties from whom you agreed to take the correspond ence course that you want to cancel your contract with them, as long as you did this befoie you reached the age of 21 years, you would no longer be liable on the contract, and your disaffirm ing ot the contract would be a valid defense to any suit bi ought against you on the contract Q I married a man in Novem ber, 1932 After a couple of weeks he told me he had been mained twice, and did not believe in get ting divorces as it was only money wasted He left me after a month I had property in my own right Can I sell any or all of that property without his con sent’ I have not seen or heard from him in all those years, noi has he paid any taxes If I should die, could he contest my CsUU»lm»sKUra;«{r4S«S»!SaX!s«tSts!!UUBs'mS{!!t!B!«m!shh!t!!Ja t* I ATTENTION DAIRYMEN I H jj II For Your :l JJ tt •• ** I Limestone Sand For Use is »* ;j | In Dairy Barns | H s: I Ca " I I D. M. STOLTZFUS & SON- INC. | »« *< ♦♦ ♦« •« •< II Asphalt Pavincj & Crushed Stone •• 11 Quarryville, Pa. | I: Quarryville STerling 6-2191 t S r in KAUFFMAN’S PEACHES i A Bountiful Crop I of Large Luscious 1 White and Yellow | Freestone For | Canning or Eat- = mg. | OPEN I EVENINGS A. L. Kauffman & Sons I bird-in-hand, pa £ (Midway Between Biid-in-Hand and Intel course on Rt. 340) ~ Lancaster Farming, Friday, September 5, 1958 MASTITIS: The Dairyman’s Dilemma The emblem In this picture Identifies publications obtainable at > pour county agricultural extension office directed at helping farmers I Prevent mastitis. Drugs are no cure-all and inheritance is a factor Bin the prevention of this disease. Sudden changes in feeding, tem perature or daily routine of dairy cows sometimes set off outbreaks. Udder Injuries are another cause. Careless use of milking machines Results In more cases than any other single cause, in the opinion of ( 0. J. Beld, bacteriologist at the Pennsylvania State University Agri cultural Experiment Station, who has conducted investigations of Knastitis in the dairy herds of Pennsylvania for many years. will leaving everything to lour children by a former marriage’ —C M A Assuming that the first wife ol the man whom vou marned in 1932 was still living at that time, youi all edged mamage to him was absolutely void and you are piobably free to many again and to dispose of any property which vou own fiec of any claim of this man To be absolutely safe however, it is suggested vou consult an at torney and go through whatever procedure (either annulment or Ph. Intercourse SO 8-3631 l«V « A _ L **'*’ divoice he recommends so that your husband will later have absolutely no recourse against your property oi your estate FLORIN FARMS. INC, Mt. Joy 2 Loncoster County Po. Phone. Mt. Joy OLdfield 3-9891 Farm Tested... Farm Proved THE NEW Homelite DIRECT DRWE CHAIN SAW Homelrtes new 7 19 dnect drive drain saw is helping farmers turn their wood lots into money tuc fast easv way Cuts through 8 hardwood in 4 sp< ends 18" solK om 1 in T seconds Fells trees up to 5 feet m diameter Weighs only 19 poumis (less bar and chaml Straight blades plunge rut ben 1 t rush cutter at tadmienls Try ittcday l New 7-AIONTH GUARANTEE SNAVELY’S FARM SERVICE New Holland Ph. EL 4-2214 13 'zi Vi
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