Boyer's Road
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Jefferson county. , A petition was presented by George Boyer to tbe sessions of 1857, praying for tbe appointment of viewers to lay out a private road, from “tbe dwelling-bouse of your petitioner to tbe Stephenson and Morrison road, in Washington townshipviewers Were accordingly appointed, and an order issued in accordance with the petition.
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Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Jefferson county. , A petition was presented by George Boyer to tbe sessions of 1857, praying for tbe appointment of viewers to lay out a private road, from “tbe dwelling-bouse of your petitioner to tbe Stephenson and Morrison road, in Washington townshipviewers Were accordingly appointed, and an order issued in accordance with the petition. On the 11th of February, the viewers made a report, laying out a private road, beginning at the dwelling-house of John Boyer, thence, &c., to the Stephenson and Morrison road. The first course on the draft was over “…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Thompson, J.
— There are several errors on this record, and the proceedings must be reversed.
1. The petition and order of the court to the viewers was to view and lay out a private road from the dwelling of George Boyer, in Winslow township, to the Stephenson and Morrison road, in Washington township.
The viewers reported a road beginning at the dwelling of John Boyer, and thence to the Stephenson and Morrison road. It is said that this is a clerical error. It may be so, or it may not, dependent on the facts in the case. It appears that John Boyer lives…
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