Schuylkill County's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
'Certiorari to Quarter Sessions of Schuylkill County. No 19 July Term, 1877. On April 15, 1876 the Court appointed viewers to widen Norwegian street in. Pottsville, Pa. On May'22, 1876,. report ©f viewers widening Norwegian street as. prayed for, was filed, and confirmed.nisi, and damages approved and width fixed at 37| feet.
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'Certiorari to Quarter Sessions of Schuylkill County. No 19 July Term, 1877. On April 15, 1876 the Court appointed viewers to widen Norwegian street in. Pottsville, Pa. On May'22, 1876,. report ©f viewers widening Norwegian street as. prayed for, was filed, and confirmed.nisi, and damages approved and width fixed at 37| feet. On Juno 26, 1876, exceptions were filed, but were overruled on April 9th, 1877. On April 29th, 1876, two new viewers were appointed in lieu of two of the original viewers. The order for the appointment was signed by the two Associate Judges, and it did not appear from…
1Opinion of the Court
*26The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Quarter Sessions on May 5th, 1879, in the following opinion, per
Woodward, J.
In the first and fifth assignments of error the complainants have raised the question of the jurisdiction of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Schuylkill in a proceeding to widen a street in the Borough of Pottsville. The question may be met by a reference to the legislation on the general subject of the highways of that Borough. By the Act of the 22nd of April, 1856, full power was given to the Town Council to survey, lay out and open, and to provide for the…
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