Middletown Road
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 77, April T., 1900, by R. F. Clever, from decree of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Dec. Sess., 1898, No. 4, confirming report of the grand jury in the matter of the petition of the commissioners of Allegheny county for permanent improvement of Middletown road. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Petition of the commissioners of Allegheny county for the permanent improvement of Middletown road. Before the court in banc.
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Appeal, No. 77, April T., 1900, by R. F. Clever, from decree of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Dec. Sess., 1898, No. 4, confirming report of the grand jury in the matter of the petition of the commissioners of Allegheny county for permanent improvement of Middletown road. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Petition of the commissioners of Allegheny county for the permanent improvement of Middletown road. Before the court in banc. ESSENTIAL EACTS ROUND BY THE SUPERIOR COURT. [On February 25,1899, the county commissioners of Allegheny county presented their petition to the court of quarter sessions in which they set…
1Opinion of the Court
Rice, P. J.,
Opinion by (after finding the facts as set out in the statement of facts) :
The questions raised on the argument will be considered under the following general heads: first, the constitutionality of the act of 1895; second, the sufficiency of the petition to give the court of quarter sessions jurisdiction to make the order or decree prayed for, and the regularity of the proceedings; third, the jurisdiction of this court to review the proceedings; fourth, the right of an abutting landowner to appeal from the order or decree, and the effect upon that right of his failure to file…
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