Borough of Adamstown v. Hartman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 119, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster County, May T., 1919, No. 32, on verdict for plaintiff in case of the Borough of Adamstown v. Nathan E. Hartman. Scire facias sur municipal lien. Before Landis, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $101.18 and judgment was entered thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 119, Oct. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster County, May T., 1919, No. 32, on verdict for plaintiff in case of the Borough of Adamstown v. Nathan E. Hartman. Scire facias sur municipal lien. Before Landis, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $101.18 and judgment was entered thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in directing a verdict for plaintiff and in refusing judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, J.,
The public road leading from Reading to Lancaster passes through Adamstown and within the borough is Main street. The borough after appropriate action constructed a pavement along the front of defendant’s property and filed a lien for the cost thereof.
The defendant gives several reasons why he should not be compelled to pay for the pavement. He alleges his property does not abut on the street. Mary E. Eberly, administratrix, in July, 1912, gave a deed to one J. H. Lied, which called for Main street as one of the boundaries and provided that “no house shall be built…
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