Twenty-eighth Street
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 209, Oct. T., 1893, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T,, 1891, No. 125, confirming report of viewers in the matter of the sewer on Twenty-eighth street, Pittsburgh. Certiorari to report of viewers assessing benefits and damages for construction of sewer.
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Appeal, No. 209, Oct. T., 1893, from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Sept. T,, 1891, No. 125, confirming report of viewers in the matter of the sewer on Twenty-eighth street, Pittsburgh. Certiorari to report of viewers assessing benefits and damages for construction of sewer. The report of the viewers stated that they viewed the premises, heard all parties appearing before them after notice, and proceeded to ascertain the total damages, costs and expenses of the improvement, etc. They further reported: “We find the total amount of damages, costs and expenses of the improvement to be…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The sewer on Twenty-eighth street was constructed under the acts of 1887 and 1889, relating to cities of the second class. These acts were held to be unconstitutional in Engel’s Ap., 137 Pa. 494, and the assessments of benefits made under those acts fell. The act of May 16,1891, known as the Remedial Act, provided a mode for the assessment of benefits for the various improvements made under the acts of 1887 and 1889. The city applied for the appointment of viewers under the act of 1891 to ascertain the cost of the sewer on Twenty-eighth street, and to assess…
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