Erie City v. Butler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE ERIE COUNTY. No. 26 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 126 May Term 1887, C. P. On April 6,1887, a scire facias issued sur a municipal claim in favor of Erie city, for the use of the Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. M. J. Butler, owner or reputed owner, to recover assessments for the paving of Eighth street.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE ERIE COUNTY. No. 26 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 126 May Term 1887, C. P. On April 6,1887, a scire facias issued sur a municipal claim in favor of Erie city, for the use of the Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. M. J. Butler, owner or reputed owner, to recover assessments for the paving of Eighth street. It appeared that on July 20, 1886, the Barber Asphalt Company entered into a written contract with the city of Erie to pave said street with an asphaltum pavement, at a price and according to specifications contained therein, the contractor to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Me. Justice Paxson :
This was a scire facias sur municipal lien for paving. The city of Erie entered into a contract with the Barber Asphalt Paving Company to pave Eighth street in the city of Erie, the city in no event to be responsible for the cost of said paving except at intersections; the contractor to be at liberty to use *382the name of the city in filing claims against the owners of property abutting on said street, and to collect the cost of said paving from them. This we gather from the statements in the paper books; the contract is not printed.
The defendant is an owner of…
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