In re Plan No. 166
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia comity: Of January Term 1879, No. 6. Certiorari by the city of Philadelphia to the decision of the court in the matter of the appeal of A. R. Govett and the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania from the decree of the Board of Surveyors, made February 4th 1878, confirming plan No. 166. On February 14th 1810, William Hamilton recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county of Philadelphia, a plan of streets…
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia comity: Of January Term 1879, No. 6. Certiorari by the city of Philadelphia to the decision of the court in the matter of the appeal of A. R. Govett and the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania from the decree of the Board of Surveyors, made February 4th 1878, confirming plan No. 166. On February 14th 1810, William Hamilton recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of the county of Philadelphia, a plan of streets dedicated by him to public use in the village of Hamiltonville, of which he was then the proprietor. Upon this plan,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
Prior to the Act of June 6th 1871, the plans of survey were subject to the approval and alteration of the Court of Quarter Sessions. In this respect, it is claimed on the part of the city, that the Act of 1871 made a radical change in the law, and that such was a principal object. The first assignment of error is to the decision of the court, that an appeal could be taken from the confirmation of a plan of surveys made by the board of surveyors.
By the first section of the act the board'of surveyors are “invested with full authority to examine, and finally confirm or reject all plans of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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