Legal Opinion

Hartin v. Abington Township

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County

Decided April 4, 1960No. 127Published

1Opinion of the Court

Forrest, J.,

The Pleadings and Issues

This is a proceeding under the Declaratory Judgments Act to determine whether or not a municipal lien for the construction of a certain new sewer is valid as against the property of the petitioners. The petition and answer raise the following issues:

1. Whether a prior sewer running alongside petitioners’ property has been and remains adequate to serve the entire frontage of the petitioners’ property.

2. Whether the new sewer accommodates or benefits petitioners’ property in any degree.

*506Counsel for the parties have filed a case stated from which we derive the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Vendetti AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Upper Moreland-Hatboro Joint Sewer Authority v. PearsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Philadelphia v. MeighanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
  4. Stoutenburgh v. Upper Moreland-Hatboro Joint Sewer AuthoritySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  5. Borough v. Mt. Tunnel Cemetery Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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