Streets & Alleys in Parkesburg Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF CHESTER COUNTY. No. 132 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. .....Term 1887, Q. S. On January 31, 1887, viewers were appointed upon tlie petition of the burgess and town council of the borough of Parkesburg to the Court of Quarter Sessions, representing that the corporate officers of the borough had laid out, enacted and ordained a number of streets and alleys in said borough, describing them by name and location, and…
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF CHESTER COUNTY. No. 132 January Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. .....Term 1887, Q. S. On January 31, 1887, viewers were appointed upon tlie petition of the burgess and town council of the borough of Parkesburg to the Court of Quarter Sessions, representing that the corporate officers of the borough had laid out, enacted and ordained a number of streets and alleys in said borough, describing them by name and location, and that they were about to open the same and had been unable to secure from the owners of the lands occupied thereby…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinión,
Me. Justice Clark:
The borough of Parkesburg was incorporated by a special act of assembly approved March 1, 1872, P. L. 195, subject to the provisions of the general borough law of April B, 1851.
By the second section of the general borough law the corporate authorities had power to survey, lay out, enact, and ordain such roads, streets, lanes, courts, and common sewers as they may deem necessary, and to provide for, enact, and, ordain the widening and straightening of the same; to this extent the act of 1851 supersedes the general road law of 1836; the power to lay out and ordain…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Somerset & Stoystown RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1873
- Cummings v. City of WilliamsportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- South Chester RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1876
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