Diamond Street, Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1899, byPittsburg Opera House Company and George V. Marshall, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1899, No. 703, sustaining exceptions to master’s report on petition to widen Diamond street in the city of Pittsburg. Exceptions to report of master on petition for widening Diamond street in the city of Pittsburg.
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Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1899, byPittsburg Opera House Company and George V. Marshall, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1899, No. 703, sustaining exceptions to master’s report on petition to widen Diamond street in the city of Pittsburg. Exceptions to report of master on petition for widening Diamond street in the city of Pittsburg. From the record it appeared that the proceedings were under the act of May 16, 1891. The case was referred by agreement to Thomas Herriott, Esq., as master, who'reported that twenty owners of property abutting on the street had signed the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
Diamond street, or alley, in the city of Pittsburg connects two of the principal streets, Wood, and Smithfield; it also extends from Wood to East Diamond street. Between Wood and Smithfield, it is now twenty-five feet wide, and between Wood and East Diamond only twenty feet. For some years, there has been a demand that it be widened because public interests and convenience so required. On November 28,1898, a petition was presented to councils by the owners of property fronting on the street, praying for the passage of an ordinance to widen the street between…
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