Franklin Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 175, Oct. Sess., 1899, by John Meighan, in the matter of the widening of Franklin street from Germantown avenue to Emlen street, from decree of Q. S. Phila. Co., dismissing exceptions to and confirming second report of the jury of view. Opinion by Rice, P. J. W. W. Porter, J., dissents. Exceptions to report of road jury.
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Appeal, No. 175, Oct. Sess., 1899, by John Meighan, in the matter of the widening of Franklin street from Germantown avenue to Emlen street, from decree of Q. S. Phila. Co., dismissing exceptions to and confirming second report of the jury of view. Opinion by Rice, P. J. W. W. Porter, J., dissents. Exceptions to report of road jury. It appears from the record that the jury appointed to assess damages or benefits in the case at bar reported that after a careful consideration of the premises in question and the testimony submitted, the following damages for widening of Franklin street to a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The proceedings relative to the widening of Franklin street between Germantown avenue and Emlen street, preceding the appointment of viewers to assess the damages, are fully set forth in their first report, and we need not incumber this opinion with a recital of them.
On November 12, 1897, while the proceedings before the viewers were pending, an ordinance was approved repealing so much of the ordinance of December 16, 1896, as authorized the opening of Franklin street on the southeast side between the streets above named.
On December 13, 1897, the city filed a petition,…
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