Northern Liberties v. Coates's Heirs
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the Common Pleas Philadelphia. This was the case of a municipal claim for the laying water pipes in front of the premises of defendants, filed September 30, 1845. It was filed as follows :— The Commissioners and Inhabitants of the Incorporated District of the Northern Liberties vs. Heirs of John Coates, deceased, owner or reputed owner or whoever may be owner.
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Error, to the Common Pleas Philadelphia. This was the case of a municipal claim for the laying water pipes in front of the premises of defendants, filed September 30, 1845. It was filed as follows :— The Commissioners and Inhabitants of the Incorporated District of the Northern Liberties vs. Heirs of John Coates, deceased, owner or reputed owner or whoever may be owner. The said commissioners hereby file their claim against all that lot of ground, situate on the east side of Third street, in the said district, at the distance of 106 feet 11 inches southward from Brown street, containing, in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Coulter, J.
The order by which the writ of scire facias was quashed, and the lien of the claim stricken from the record, was erroneous, and is reversed.
The object of the different acts of Assembly on the subject of these municipal charges was that the real owners might, with reasonable certainty, be notified of their existence against a particular lot or parcel of ground. The proceeding is in fact against the lot, or, as it may be said, in rem. And the purpose is to designate the lot by such description as will enable the owners to identify or…
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