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Road in Cassville Borough

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 19, 1897No. Appeal, No. 36PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal, No. 36, March T., 1897, by Miles Saylor, one of the supervisors of Cass township from the decree of Q. S., Huntington Co., Feb. Sess., 1895, No. 7, confirming report of viewers. Confirmation of viewers’ report. Before Love, P. L, of the 49th judicial district, specially presiding.

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Appeal, No. 36, March T., 1897, by Miles Saylor, one of the supervisors of Cass township from the decree of Q. S., Huntington Co., Feb. Sess., 1895, No. 7, confirming report of viewers. Confirmation of viewers’ report. Before Love, P. L, of the 49th judicial district, specially presiding. At the February sessions of the court of quarter sessions of Huntingdon county a petition was filed by certain inhabitants of the township of Cass and borough of Cassville for the appointment of viewers to view and lay out a public road from the north end of Water street to a point on the public road leading…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

As the road vacated and the road laid ont to take its place are partly in a borough and partly in a township, the court of quarter sessions had jurisdiction: Somerset and Stoystown Road, 74 Pa. 61 (1873); Road in Chester, 2 Ch. Co. Rep. 438; Road in Verona, 21 W. N. C. 534; 11 Cent. Rep. 34 (1888); Parkersburg Borough Streets, 124 Pa. 511 (1889); Palo Alto Road, 160 Pa. 104 (1894). The first two assignments are, therefore, overruled.

That the termini reported by the viewers should correspond with those designated in the petition and order is clear upon reason and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Somerset & Stoystown RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
  2. Bean's RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  3. Road in Lower MerionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  4. Springfield RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
  5. Palo Alto RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Crescent Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  2. Cornplanter Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Private Road of A. J. RocheSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  4. Hector Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  5. In re Vacation of Public RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899

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