Commonwealth v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORJlRI to the quarter sessions of Union county. This was an application by John Snyder for the appointment of viewers, to ascertain the damage done to him by reason of the construction of the Pennsylvania Canal, and the appointment and report of those viewers : all the facts of which are fully stated by his honour who delivered the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
. The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
The proceedings in this case are founded upon the eighth section of the act of assembly, passed'the 9th of April 1827, entitled “ an act to provide for the further extension of the Pennsyl*419vania canal.” That part of the section under which they were commenced is in the following words, “ that if any person shall consider himself aggrieved by reason of the canal passing through the lands of which he is owner, or by interfering in any manner with his rights of property, he may at the completion of the work thereupon, or within one year…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Case of a Turnpike Road ex rel. Chad's Ford to the State LineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1813
3Cited by2 opinions
- McKeen v. Delaware Division Canal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1865
- Sunbury & Erie Railroad v. HummellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1856