In re East Grant Street
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI TO TETE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY. No. 15 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 85 January Term 1886, Q. S. On January 6, 1886, citizens of Lancaster city, said to be a city of the fifth class, under the act of May 24,1887, P. L. 204, represented to the city councils that they were about to present their petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions for the opening of a street or alley, as hereafter to be described, and praying the councils…
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CERTIORARI TO TETE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY. No. 15 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 85 January Term 1886, Q. S. On January 6, 1886, citizens of Lancaster city, said to be a city of the fifth class, under the act of May 24,1887, P. L. 204, represented to the city councils that they were about to present their petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions for the opening of a street or alley, as hereafter to be described, and praying the councils pass a resolution requesting the said court to grant the prayer of the petitioners. Thereupon, the said councils passed…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson :
We see no difficulty in this case. The first section of the act of April 13, 1854, P. L. 352, enacts: That the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lancaster county shall have power to authorize the extension and opening of streets and alleys within the city of Lancaster in the manner directed by and under the provisions of the general road laws of this commonwealth, except so far as the same may be herein altered or supplied.
The second section provides for the appointment by said court of six disinterested freeholders to view the premises and assess the damages for the…
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