Irons v. Pittsburgh
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 146, April T., 1916, by Allemannia Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 2151, discharging rule to mark judgment to use in case of James H. Irons and H. M. Irons, Executors of and Trustees under will of Rachel D. Shannon, deceased, v. City of Pittsburgh. Rule to mark judgment to use.
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Appeal, No. 146, April T., 1916, by Allemannia Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1914, No. 2151, discharging rule to mark judgment to use in case of James H. Irons and H. M. Irons, Executors of and Trustees under will of Rachel D. Shannon, deceased, v. City of Pittsburgh. Rule to mark judgment to use. Before Brown, J. Prom the record it appeared that on January 4, 1916, The Allemannia Fire Insurance Company presented a petition, upon which a,rule was granted on the executors and trustees under the will of Rachel D. Shannon (who died August 19, 1912), to…
1Opinion of the Court
'Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The City of Pittsburgh in 1911 changed the grade of certain streets along the property of the estate of Rachel D. Shannon and the viewers appointed to fix the damages in their report filed November, 1913, awarded none to the estate. On appeal, by agreement of the parties, a verdict of $750 in favor of the estate was rendered October, 1915. At the time of the change of grade the Allemannia Fire Insurance Company had two mortgages aggregating $5,500 on the premises of Rachel D. Shannon. Foreclosure proceedings were had and in March, 1914, several years after the actual…
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