Huckestein v. Allegheny City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 49 and 304, Oct. T., 1894, from decree of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June T., 1890, No. 27, and judgment of C. P. No! 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1890, No. 727. Appeal from award of viewers.
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Appeals, Nos. 49 and 304, Oct. T., 1894, from decree of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June T., 1890, No. 27, and judgment of C. P. No! 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1890, No. 727. Appeal from award of viewers. Before Stowe, P. J. From the record it appeared that, in 1890, the councils of the city of Allegheny passed the following ordinance : “ That the grade on Sandusky street, from Henderson street to Bell avenue, be and the same is hereby established as follows : Beginning at the North line of Henderson street at an elevation of two hundred and twent3r-nine (229) feet above city datum; thence ascending…
1Opinion of the Court
HUCKESTEIN v. ALLEGHENY CITY, APPELLANT.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
This case grew out of a proceeding to assess the damages to result from a proposed change of grade of Sandusky street in the city of Allegheny.
Viewers had been appointed who went upon the ground and after examination made report that little damages would be done by the proposed change. The plaintiff appealed, and the appeal was certified by the court of quarter sessions into the common pleas for trial before a jury. It was tried in October, 1892, and resulted in a very large verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The city then…
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