Legal Opinion

Milford Borough v. Burnett

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 18, 1927No. Appeal, 88PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

John Biddis laid out a plan of lots in 1796, and, among other roads, dedicated to public use a road known as Anne Street. The plan with its streets was adopted by the Borough of Milford, after its incorporation in 1874. Biddis sold lots with reference to these streets, and appellant’s deed contained the following clause as a conveyance of the land in dispute: “All the right, title and interest of the grantors in and to all that certain piece ......of land laid out upon the map......as part of Anne Street.” This street, as it appeared on the plan, was sixty feet…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Quicksall v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  2. Glenn v. TreesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  3. Lenhart v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  4. Kniss v. Borough of DuquesneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  5. Ackerman v. City of WilliamsportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. County of San Diego v. California Water & Telephone Co.California Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Burbage v. Boiler Engineering & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Rahn v. HessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Williams v. Finlaw, Mueller & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  5. Tobin v. Radnor Township Board of CommissionersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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