Woodward v. City of Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1.899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 8, Allegheny Co., May T., 1897, No. 346, on verdict for defendant. Appeal from report of jury of view. Before MoClung, J. The court charged as follows: The principal troublesome questions in this case are questions of law. The city takes one theory as to the ownership of the bed of this street, or the twenty-five feet of it adjoining Mrs. Woodward’s lot, and Mrs. Woodward takes another view.
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Appeal, No. 175, Oct. T., 1.899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 8, Allegheny Co., May T., 1897, No. 346, on verdict for defendant. Appeal from report of jury of view. Before MoClung, J. The court charged as follows: The principal troublesome questions in this case are questions of law. The city takes one theory as to the ownership of the bed of this street, or the twenty-five feet of it adjoining Mrs. Woodward’s lot, and Mrs. Woodward takes another view. The city says that this was a street dedicated to public use, and that dedication recognized in the deed by which Mrs. Woodward…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
Arabella street in tlie city of Pittsburg was opened by ordinance passed February 28, 1896, and, it is alleged by appellee, within twenty-one years from the time it had been laid out on a plan of lots and streets adopted by the owner of the land through wliicli it now runs. The plaintiff, Anna M. Woodward, claims damages for the land taken on the north side of her property in so opening the street, and her right to recover depends upon whether, at the time it was opened by the municipal authorities, she owned the land to the middle of the way, free from any prior…
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