In re Road in Lackawanna
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lackawanna county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 150. The record showed the following: October 23d, 1882, petition for new public road filed. October 23d, 1882, appointment of viewers on the above petition. January 22d, 1883, report of viewers laying out road filed. January 22d, 1883, report of viewers confirmed nisi. April 2d, 1883, exceptions to report of viewers filed. June 25th, 1883, petition for review filed.
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lackawanna county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 150. The record showed the following: October 23d, 1882, petition for new public road filed. October 23d, 1882, appointment of viewers on the above petition. January 22d, 1883, report of viewers laying out road filed. January 22d, 1883, report of viewers confirmed nisi. April 2d, 1883, exceptions to report of viewers filed. June 25th, 1883, petition for review filed. June 25th, 1883, reviewers appointed. June 27th, 1883, court allows amendment of review. July 16th, 1883, court revokes order…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The 4th section of the General Road Law of 18th June, 1836, provides: “ If the court shall approve of the report of the viewers, allowing a road, they shall direct of what breadth the road so approved shall be opened, and at the next court thereafter, such road shall be taken, deemed and allowed to be a lawful public road or highway, or private road, as the case may be.” The width of the road is undoubtedly a matter of which the parties in interest have a right to be informed before the proceedings and final judgment of the court are entered upon record; for, as this court said in the Road in…
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