Huidekoper v. City of Meadville
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Qrawford county: Of .October and November Term 1875? No. 182. This was a scire facias sur municipal claim, filed by the city of Meadville against Frederick Huidekoper, for macadamizing the roadway and paving the gutters in front of two lots of defendant, whioh abutted upon the street upon which the work was done.
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Error to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Qrawford county: Of .October and November Term 1875? No. 182. This was a scire facias sur municipal claim, filed by the city of Meadville against Frederick Huidekoper, for macadamizing the roadway and paving the gutters in front of two lots of defendant, whioh abutted upon the street upon which the work was done. The work was done by the city commissioner, in pursuance of a resolution of the city council, passed in conformity with a general ordinance, which ordinance was framed to accord with the Act of the 6th of April 1870, Pamph. L. 967, entitled “A…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the Supreme Court was entered November 24th 1876,
2Per curiam
The Act of Assembly of 1870 confers the power upon the city of filing claims for paving as liens, according to the mode of proceeding under the Mechanics’ Lien Law of 1836. This power is well executed by a general ordinance regulating the paving of streets, and by a special ordinance authorizing a particular street to be paved. No question under the Constitution arises as to uniformity of taxation. The purpose is purely municipal and local. General benefit may result, but does not alter its local character.
Judgment affirmed.
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