Broad Street
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 144, Oct. T., 1894, by-property owner, from order of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1894, No. 38, dismissing exceptions to report of viewers. Exceptions to report of viewers. The facts appear by the opinion of the-Supreme Court. Errors assigned were dismissal of exceptions, and entry of decree, quoting them.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of
Mr. Chief Justice Sterrett,
The assessment, sustained by the court below, was made for the purpose of paying the cost of paving part of Broad street on which appellant’s church property has a frontage of 107 feet, more than one-thirtieth of the entire frontage paved. The work was done under the act of May 16,1891, which upon the petition of a majority of the property owners, in interest and number, on the line of the proposed improvement, empowers every municipal corporation to pave any public street, etc., and provides for assessing the cost and expense thereof on the property…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. DecaturSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Dewhurst v. City of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Bidwell v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Northern Liberties v. St. John's ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
- Pray v. Northern LibertiesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1850
3Cited by26 opinions
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- Pittsburg v. Sterrett Subdistrict SchoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Robb v. PhiladelphiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
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