Legal Opinion
Locust &8212 Broad (No. 1) &8212 Eighth Subway
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 27, 1935No. 1; Appeals, 324-6PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Linn,
The Act of June 17, 1913, P. L. 520, empowered the City of Philadelphia, inter alia, to construct transit facilities, a term defined in the act “to include railways . . . for the transportation of persons . . . under . . . streets . . . also . . . tunnels, [or] subways. ...” The city by its contractors constructed the tunnels or subways involved in these appeals. Blasting during the construction is alleged to have caused damage to abutting property. The work in front of petitioners’ properties was confined within the lines and below the surface of the city streets…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- March v. Philadelphia & West Chester Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Stork v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- Change of Grade in Plan 166Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Philadelphia Electric Co. v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Buradus v. General Cement Products Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- Arrott v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kelley v. CantrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
- Hastings AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Coolspring Stone Supply, Inc. v. County of FayetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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