South Brownsville Borough v. United States

Van Swearingen, P. J.,

The United States Government owns certain real estate situate on Water Street, in the Borough of South Brownsville, which property is used for maintaining locks on the Monongahela River, for housing employees and for other Government purposes. About the year 1922 the Borough of South Brownsville, in pursuance of ordinance, caused to be paved and curbed portions of Water Street in front of said property and assessed two-thirds of the cost thereof by what is known as the ‘foot-front rule” on the abutting real estate. The assessment thus made against said property of the…