Burton v. Borough of Dormont

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Appellant-homeowner appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which sustained preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by Appellee-Borough of Dormont. We affirm the decision of the court of common pleas.

Appellant owns a garage with an ingress/egress on a twenty-foot wide street. Because the parking of motor vehicles is permitted all along the street, Appellant asserts that access to his garage is impeded and that the obstructive parking constitutes a nuisance.1

In legal phraseology, the term ‘nuisance’ is applied to that class…