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Dougherty v. Black, State Highway Commissioner of Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 17, 1918No. Appeal, No. 12PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal, No. 12, May T., 1918, by petitioner, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Com. Docket, 1917, No. 5, refusing mandamus, in case of C. B. Dougherty, R. P. Funkhouser, J. W. McDonnell, Edgar C. Tawney, J. E. Swift, Martin Winter, H. D. Geiselman, Calvin Gilbert, H. S. Trostle, constituting the Town Council of the Borough of Gettysburg, v. Frank B. Black, State Highway Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Appeal, No. 12, May T., 1918, by petitioner, from order of C. P. Dauphin Co., Com. Docket, 1917, No. 5, refusing mandamus, in case of C. B. Dougherty, R. P. Funkhouser, J. W. McDonnell, Edgar C. Tawney, J. E. Swift, Martin Winter, H. D. Geiselman, Calvin Gilbert, H. S. Trostle, constituting the Town Council of the Borough of Gettysburg, v. Frank B. Black, State Highway Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Petition for mandamus to compel repair and maintenance of road. The facts appear in the following opinion of Kunkel, P. J., refusing the petition: The relevant facts in this…

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Cueiam,

This appeal is dismissed, at appellant’s costs, on the opinion of the learned court below refusing the writ of mandamus.

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fetherolf's PetitionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
  2. Commonwealth v. Bebbington, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County1935
  3. Haverford School v. Department of Highways, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1926
  4. Tobin v. Blythe Township School Directors, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County1928

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