Legal Opinion

Crescent Township Road

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 25, 1901No. Appeal, No. 43PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal, No. 43, April T., 1901, by National Insurance Company, from decree of Q. S. Allegheny County, Sept. T., 1887, No. 7, dismissing petition in In re Public Road in Crescent Township. Petition for leave to file exceptions nunc pro tunc to report of reviewers. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing petition.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

W. D. Porter, J.,

This proceeding was commenced in 1887, the report of viewers was set aside and that of the reviewers confirmed absolutely on June 22,1889, the first order to open was issued on June 4, 1890, nothing was done under this order and the whole matter slumbered for ten years. Upon petition of a number of citizens, on May 15,1900, a rule was granted on the commissioners of Crescent township and the supervisors of Moon township to show cause why an attachment should not issue against them for not complying with the order of the court to open said road. The authorities of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. O'Hara Township RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Stevenson v. VirtueSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  3. Bean's RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
  4. Road in Lower MerionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  5. Road in Dunbar TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Cornplanter Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  2. Hector Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  3. In Re Inter-County BridgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  4. Benton Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  5. Winter AvenueSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1903

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