Fornof v. Wilkinsburg Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 81, Oct. T., 1912, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., 'Dec. T., 1907, No. 163, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Minnie Fornof v. Wilkinsburg Borough. Appeal from award of jury of viewers.
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Appeal, No. 81, Oct. T., 1912, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., 'Dec. T., 1907, No. 163, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Minnie Fornof v. Wilkinsburg Borough. Appeal from award of jury of viewers. Before MacFARLANE, J. At the trial plaintiff offered to prove by W. H. Bealafeld that he built a number of houses, and that he gave his assistance to his sister and his brother-in-law in the building of the houses in question in this case; that the houses were built originally to correspond — after receiving the grade from the borough at the time — the houses were built…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The plaintiff claimed damages for a change of grade affecting certain real estate owned by her in the defendant borough; she recovered a verdict and the defendant has appealed. It appeared at the trial that a grade had been established for the sidewalk in front of this property in 1889 and that the plaintiff had conformed thereto; further, that the borough had by an ordinance passed July 15,1903, ordered another change, which was made in 1905. The plaintiff’s claim was for damages arising from this latter change, but up to the time of trial she had not made…
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