Schuylkill River Road
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 262, Oct. T., 1900, by John H. Miller, from order of Q. S. Montgomery Co., Oct. T., 1900, No. 28, dismissing exceptions to report of jury of review vacating a portion of Schuylkill River Road, and confirming their report, In re Vacation of a Portion of Schuylkill River Road in Lower Merion County. Exceptions to report of jury of review. The only question raised by the exceptions was whether the Pencoyd Iron Works was a proper terminus for a public road.
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Appeal, No. 262, Oct. T., 1900, by John H. Miller, from order of Q. S. Montgomery Co., Oct. T., 1900, No. 28, dismissing exceptions to report of jury of review vacating a portion of Schuylkill River Road, and confirming their report, In re Vacation of a Portion of Schuylkill River Road in Lower Merion County. Exceptions to report of jury of review. The only question raised by the exceptions was whether the Pencoyd Iron Works was a proper terminus for a public road. The court in an opinion by Swaetz, P. J., held that the Pencoyd Iron Works was a public place at which a public road might,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
A part of a public- highway known as the Schuylkill Valley road in Lower Merion township was vacated in proceedings in the quarter sessions, under and by which some 317 feet of the public road northerly from its terminus were vacated, and the road now ends at a point on the property of a private corporation operated for profit. It is urged that this ending point is not a sufficient terminus for a public road, although it is conceded that the point is opposite to and at the Pencoyd Iron Works, a large manufacturing plant covering many acres of land on which are erected a…
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