Mount Pleasant Avenue
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 70, 71 and 72, Jan. T., 1895, taken severally by Ashton S. Tourison, Phillip H. Bentz and Charles E. Loxley, from order of C. P. No. 2, Sept. T., 1891, No. 664, discharging rules to strike off appeals from assessments of benefits. Petition for jury of view to assess damages for the change of grade of Mount Pleasant avenue, corner of Chew street. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 70, 71 and 72, Jan. T., 1895, taken severally by Ashton S. Tourison, Phillip H. Bentz and Charles E. Loxley, from order of C. P. No. 2, Sept. T., 1891, No. 664, discharging rules to strike off appeals from assessments of benefits. Petition for jury of view to assess damages for the change of grade of Mount Pleasant avenue, corner of Chew street. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned, among others, were orders discharging rules to strike off appeals from the report of the viewers assessing benefits.
1Opinion of the Court
touiuson’s appeal.
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The city, by proper ordinance, in 1888, authorized a change of grades of Mount Pleasant avenue and Chew street, and then, *40•in 1889, further authorized the grading of Mount Pleasant avenue from Germantown avenue to Boyer street, and Chew street from Mount Airy avenue to Mount Pleasant avenue, according to a revised plan. A petition to the court of common pleas was presented by John Johnson, a property owner, on November 12, 1891, praying for the appointment of viewers to assess damages and benefits, under act of May 16,1891. The viewers were…
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