Legal Opinion

Carradorini Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 3, 1959No. Appeal, 176PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

The question involved in this appeal, as stated by the appellant, is: Does the mere formal acceptance of a deed of dedication of a street by a municipality without an acceptance by public user and/or opening of the street to public use, serve to avoid the operation of the Act of 1889, May 9, P. L. 173, No. 192, §1, 36 PS §1961?

In 1889 the Fern Rock Land Company (a predecessor in appellant’s chain of title to the land affected) was in the process of developing the general area within which Warnock Street from Champlost Avenue to Spencer Street lies.

The city enacted the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Milford Borough v. BurnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Philadelphia Electric Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  3. Stoever v. GowenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  4. Tesson v. Porter Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  5. Osterheldt v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Borough of Lehighton v. KatzCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Borough of Edgeworth v. LillyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Hummelstown Swim Club v. Borough of HummelstownCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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