O'Hara Township Road
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 54, Oct. T., 1892, by the Western Pennsylvania II. R. Co., and tbe Pennsylvania R. R. Co., from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1892, No. 8, confirming report of viewers. Petition for road view. From the record it appeared that the petition was filed and viewers were appointed on April 18,1891. June 6, 1891, report of viewers confirmed nisi.
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Appeal, No. 54, Oct. T., 1892, by the Western Pennsylvania II. R. Co., and tbe Pennsylvania R. R. Co., from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March T., 1892, No. 8, confirming report of viewers. Petition for road view. From the record it appeared that the petition was filed and viewers were appointed on April 18,1891. June 6, 1891, report of viewers confirmed nisi. No exceptions were filed and the report was confirmed absolutely on Oct. 10, 1891, and an order was issued and placed in the hands of thq supervisor to open the road as laid out. On Nov. 28,1891, the petition of the Pennsylvania…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
In the petitio2i for the view in this case the beginning and ■ending points of the road in question are thus desci'ibed: “ To 'begin at a point on the Pittsburgh and Freeport road, near corner of land of Mary Cyphers, and extending thence to a point in the northerly end of Eighteenth street in the borough of Sharpsburg near the line between said borough of Sharps-burg and said township of O’Hara.”
In the report the viewers return that they have located, and distinctly marked on the ground, a road “ beginning at a point on the Pittsburgh and Freeport road near corner…
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