Road in Benzinger Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY N. KRONENWETTER ET AL. FROM THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF ELK COUNTY. No. 26 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 May Term 1885, Q. S. On September 15, 1884, certain inhabitants of Benzinger township petitioned the court below for the appointment of viewers to lay out a public road between certain points in said township.
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APPEAL BY N. KRONENWETTER ET AL. FROM THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF ELK COUNTY. No. 26 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 1 May Term 1885, Q. S. On September 15, 1884, certain inhabitants of Benzinger township petitioned the court below for the appointment of viewers to lay out a public road between certain points in said township. Viewers were appointed accordingly, who in due course made a report in favor of laying out a road, and the court on November 19,1884, entered this order: “ Report confirmed nisi and road ordered to be opened 50 feet wide.” On January 26, 1885,…
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Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
The only assignment of error is, that “ the court erred in making the order of June 1, 1888, without the award of a procedendo by the Supreme Court.” The assignment does not set out the order of June 1st, and in this it is defective. It is, however, printed upon the same page of the paper-book, and is as follows: “Exceptions to the confirmation overruled, and report of viewers confirmed absolute.” It will thus be seen that no objection appears to this order save the single fact that it was made in tbe absence of a procedendo from this court.
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