Legal Opinion

Borough v. Mt. Tunnel Cemetery Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 3, 1931No. Appeal, 89PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

Defendant cemetery association owns property located in the Borough of Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, and appeals from refusal of its motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, following a directed verdict against it, for nonpayment of an assessment due plaintiff borough, for a proportionate part of the construction cost of a sanitary sewerage system duly authorized by ordinance and laid partly in a street bordering one side of the cemetery property.

Appellant states only one question is involved, namely, that it is not benefited by the sewer and accordingly not chargeable for…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Michener v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
  2. Harrisburg v. Cemetery Assn., Aplnt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  3. West Market Street PavingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ellport Borough v. Hogue, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1964
  2. Hartin v. Abington Township, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1960
  3. Perkiomen Township Municipal Authority v. Berkezchuk, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1974

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