Smith v. Borough of New Hope

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

Leslie T. Smith (Smith) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) in an action to quiet title in which the trial court decreed that The Borough of New Hope (Borough) was the owner of property known as “Dock Street.”

On October 11, 2002, Smith instituted an action to quiet title by filing a complaint against the Borough. The subject property is a street, known as “Dock Street” which runs perpendicular between South Main Street and the Delaware River. The street is only 195 feet long and partially abutted on the north side by a…