Mayor of Pittsburgh v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. Error to the District Court of Alleghany county. This was an action on the case brought by the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Pittsburgh, against Thomas Scott, to recover damages for obstructing Duquesne Way, and the landing on the Alleghany river. The declaration contained three counts.
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In Error. Error to the District Court of Alleghany county. This was an action on the case brought by the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Pittsburgh, against Thomas Scott, to recover damages for obstructing Duquesne Way, and the landing on the Alleghany river. The declaration contained three counts. The first count alleged in substance, that « there then was, and from thence hitherto has been, and still ought to be, a certain common and public street, or highway, in the city of Pittsburgh, called and known as < Duquesne Way,’ in and through said city, then and there situate and being in the…
1Opinion of the Court
*314The-.'opinion of the court Was delivered by
Rogers, J.
It is an admitted principle, that the right of eminent*• domain oriiinherent sovereign'power]-'.'gives .tire'.llegiMatQ.reiithe-’Cqntrol'*of private, property for- public -use.-; ¡For the-uigHt'.of-property,-¡in' every-* Well-regulated community, is-subservient.tóíthé general.welfare!' This right is ¡explicitly, recognised in the Constitution of Pennsylvania, art. 9, sec. 10, with -most: important and salutary-restrictions; ■ Ih that article it: is .declared that-no: man’s-property'shall be-taken or applied to pub-lie usefwithout.themonsenf…
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