Case of Schuylkill Falls' Road
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
seven-mile stone. QERTIORARI to the Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia county, to remove all petitions, orders, fkc. upon a certain application by Samuel Wheeler and others, trustees of t^le Schuylkill Falls’ Bridge, for a road from the western end of the said bridge, towards the old Lancaster road, near the The petition for the road was presented to the Quarter ®ess*ons at ^ June sessions 1808, when six viewers were appointed, without specifying in the appointment their place…
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seven-mile stone. QERTIORARI to the Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia county, to remove all petitions, orders, fkc. upon a certain application by Samuel Wheeler and others, trustees of t^le Schuylkill Falls’ Bridge, for a road from the western end of the said bridge, towards the old Lancaster road, near the The petition for the road was presented to the Quarter ®ess*ons at ^ June sessions 1808, when six viewers were appointed, without specifying in the appointment their place °f residence or that they -were freeholders; and their report was made to September term following, stating that they…
1Opinion of the Court
Yeates J.
delivered the court’s opinion.
The counsel of Mr. George Aston who opposed this road, have taken six specific exceptions thereto; each of which shall be considered.
We will follow the example of the counsel, and observe on the first and sixth exceptions together. The act of the 6th of April 1802, 5 St. Laws 178. directs that “ on a petition for “ a public or private road, the justices of the Court of Quarter u Sessions of each county shall have power in open court, to “ order and appoint six discreet and reputable freeholders, of “ the inhabitants near where complaint is made for want…
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