Bond v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 3,969, on verdict for defendant in case of Catherine A. Bond v. Philadelphia. Appeal from award of jury of view. Before Beitler, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 1, Jan. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1905, No. 3,969, on verdict for defendant in case of Catherine A. Bond v. Philadelphia. Appeal from award of jury of view. Before Beitler, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. At the .trial the court refused to permit the plaintiff to show what would be the cost of making the property conform with the new grade precisely as it conformed to the old grade. [1, 2] The court refused the plaintiff’s request that the jury be permitted to examine the property. [17] Yerdict and…
1Opinion of the Court
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Mr. Justice Stewart,
The plaintiff is the owner of a tract of vacant land in the city of Philadelphia, containing about eight and a quarter acres. Broad street intersects it, affording it a frontage on the west side of 243 feet, and on the east side of 460 feet. Before the change in grade of the street, that part on the ' west side was five feet below the surface of the street, while that on the east side, was three feet above. By municipal action the grade in the street has been elevated some eleven feet, and in consequence plaintiff’s land on the one side is now nine feet below the…
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