Olds v. Erie City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: No. 193. Of October and November Term 1875. This was a scire facias upon a municipal lien, issued January 18th 1873, by the city of Erie, against a piece of land on the east side of Peach street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, owned by L. W. Olds; the claim was filed January 7th 1870, for $273.16. The Act of May 1st 1861, a supplement to the Act incorporating the city of Erie, sect. 1, authorized the councils of the…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county: No. 193. Of October and November Term 1875. This was a scire facias upon a municipal lien, issued January 18th 1873, by the city of Erie, against a piece of land on the east side of Peach street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, owned by L. W. Olds; the claim was filed January 7th 1870, for $273.16. The Act of May 1st 1861, a supplement to the Act incorporating the city of Erie, sect. 1, authorized the councils of the city “ to cause to be graded, paved, &e., or otherwise improved, any public street or part thereof, &c., and set with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This is a scire facias on a municipal claim, filed by the city of Erie against a lot of ground, owned by the defendant below.
The claim is for the cost of paving the street in front of this lot. The authority of the city is supposed to be derived from the Acts of 1861 and 1868, which empower the select and common councils of said city to pave and curb the' streets and collect the cost and expense of the work and materials therefor from the owners of the lots abutting thereon.
To the exercise of these powers, certain conditions precedent are prescribed. The first is that a majority of the…
2Cited by3 opinions
- City of Erie ex rel. Erie Paving Co. v. A Piece of Land Fronting on Eighteenth StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Scranton v. JermynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Lansdale Borough v. Silverman, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1934