Waters v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 179, Jan. T., 1903, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1901, No. 2297, on verdict for plaintiff in case of G. Jason Waters v. Philadelphia. Appeal from award of jury of view. Before Biddle, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $3,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an issue framed under an appeal from the finding of a road jury upon a claim for damages caused by the widen*191ing of Walnut street. On the lot now owned by the plaintiff at the southeast corner of 15th street and Walnut, a building was erected some thirty-five or forty years ago upon a line about four feet from the street line, and the intervening space was left open for use and was used by the public as part of the sidewalk. All the other buildings on the block were erected substantially on the same line. On June 30,1892, an ordinance was passed…
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