County Commissioners' Petition for the Construction of a Public Highway Tunnel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1916, by Oliver McClintock, et al., from judgment of the Superior Court, affirming order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Nov. Sess., 1914, No. 1, dismissing exceptions to report of grand jury in the Matter of the Petition of the County Commissioners for the Construction of a Public Highway Tunnel. Appeal from the Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court and in 61 Pa.
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Appeal, No. 61, Oct. T., 1916, by Oliver McClintock, et al., from judgment of the Superior Court, affirming order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Nov. Sess., 1914, No. 1, dismissing exceptions to report of grand jury in the Matter of the Petition of the County Commissioners for the Construction of a Public Highway Tunnel. Appeal from the Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court and in 61 Pa. Superior Ct. 591. The Superior Court affirmed the order of the Court of Quarter Sessions, dismissing exceptions to the findings of the grand jury, approving the petition. Oliver…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
This case concerns the constitutionality of the Act of May 11, 1909, P. L. 506, entitled: “An act providing for the construction, operation, and maintenance of public highways, bridges and tunnels in the several counties of this Commonwealth; authorizing the taking of property for such improvement, and providing for. the compensation therefor and the damages resulting from such taking; providing for the payment of the costs and ex*90penses incurred in such construction, operation, and maintenance; and authorizing the levy of a tax and the issuance of bonds to…
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