Pulaski Avenue
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 103, Oct. T., 1906, by Emil Wahl Manufacturing Company, from order of Q. S. Phila. Co., June T., 1905, quashing petition for the appointment of viewers In the Matter of the Vacation of Pulaski Avenue from Ruffner Street to Roberts Avenue. Petition for the appointment of viewers. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order quashing the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
Pursuant to an ordinance of the city of Philadelphia authorizing a revision of lines and grades the board of surveyors (now the department of public works) on June 3, 1895 adopted and confirmed a new plan from which Pulaski avenue between Ruffner street and Roberts avenue was omitted. The effect of this action was an absolute vacation of the omitted portion of Pulaski avenue. It ceased to exist as a street and no further action was necessary to effect the restoration of the vacated portion to the abutting landowners : Wetherill v. R. R. Co., 195 Pa. 156 ; Carpenter v.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Wetherill v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- In re Vacation of Centre StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
- Losch's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- Butler StreetSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Carpenter v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Pulaski AvenueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Dohner v. Dauphin CountyDauphin County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1934
- Pulaski AvenueSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909