Waln's Heirs v. City of Philadelphia ex rel. Armstrong
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philo delj)hia county: Of January Term 1881, No. 96. Scire facias stir muneipal claim, by the city of Philadelphia, to the use of William Armstrong, against the heirs of J. S. Wain, deceased.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 3, of Philo delj)hia county: Of January Term 1881, No. 96. Scire facias stir muneipal claim, by the city of Philadelphia, to the use of William Armstrong, against the heirs of J. S. Wain, deceased. Tlie claim was for work done in constructing a sewer along Twenty-fifth street, between Locust and Manning streets, in front of two lots of ground belonging to defendants, one on each side of said Twenty-fifth street, said sewer having been constructed in pursuance of an ordinance of City Councils approved November 23d 1869. The Act of Assembly relating to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
delivered- the opinion of the court, February 20th 1882.
The defendants are owners of the property on both sides of 25th street, and between Locust and Manning streets.
*335On the 23d of November 1869, tbe city councils, by ordinance authorized the construction of a three-feet sewer from Locust street to the south side of Manning street. This work was executed in accordance with the directions of said ordinance, by "William Armstrong, the use plaintiff, as contractor. No fault seems to have been found with the character of the work, nor is the general power of the city to charge the cost of such…
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