Snyder v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Jacob S. Snyder petitioned the Court of Common Pleas, setting forth:— “ That he is the owner of a property or lot of ground, with buildings erected thereon, situated in the town of Columbia, and fronting on Front street.
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Certiorari to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. Jacob S. Snyder petitioned the Court of Common Pleas, setting forth:— “ That he is the owner of a property or lot of ground, with buildings erected thereon, situated in the town of Columbia, and fronting on Front street. “ That the Pennsylvania Railroad Company have constructed a railroad over and through said property or lot of ground, and that in the construction of said railroad, they have occupied the pavement and public street in front of said property or lot of ground,” and prayed for viewers to assess the damages he had…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, November 7th 1867, by
Woodward, C. J.
— If the insufficiency of the report of the viewers be overlooked, and we take the case, not merely as it appears of record, but as the appellant alleges it to be, it is evi*343dent that what is complained of is the occupancy of a public street by the railroad company, and not the taking of any of the appellant’s land within the meaning of the constitutional provision or of the Acts of Assembly incorporating the company. Whether Snyder’s lot extended to the middle of Front street would depend upon his title-papers, which…
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