Legal Opinion

Road in Manheim Township

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 17, 1900No. Appeal, No. 169PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1899, byexceptants, from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Aug. Sess., 1897, Minutes No. 423, dismissing exceptions to report of re-reviewers, and confirming said report. Exceptions to report of re-reviewers.

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Appeal, No. 169, Oct. T., 1899, byexceptants, from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., Aug. Sess., 1897, Minutes No. 423, dismissing exceptions to report of re-reviewers, and confirming said report. Exceptions to report of re-reviewers. Before Livingston, P. J. It appears from the record that a petition was filed for the appointment of viewers to view and change a road in Manheim township, Lancaster county, alleging thatit had become inconvenient in its present location and would better accommodate the traveling public by changing it by having it begin to diverge from its present location 150 feet…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion bv

Rice, P. J.,

1. The petition for the appointment of re-reviewers set forth: “ That a public road, or highway, has long since been laid out and opened, beginning at Landis Valley, in said township of Manheim, and ending in the Lancaster and Lititz turnpike at the village of Neffsville, hi said township of Manheim. That a portion of said road, beginning at the Lancaster and Lititz turnpike and ending at a point about 150 feet east of said turnpike, has become useless and inconvenient and burdensome to the public and to the owners of property through which it passes, and that the public…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re Road in South Abington TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
  2. Keller's Private RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  3. In re Kensington & Oxford Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
  4. In re the Vacation & Supply of a Public RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883
  5. Glenfield Borough RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Likar AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Bristol Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  3. In re Private RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Middlecreek Township Road CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Rostraver Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902

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