Gaughan v. Scranton City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 107, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 176, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Thomas Gaughan v. City of Scranton. Appeal from award of viewers. Before Newcomb, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 107, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Oct. T., 1916, No. 176, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Thomas Gaughan v. City of Scranton. Appeal from award of viewers. Before Newcomb, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The trial judge charged, in part, as follows: [I think it is substantially true as I have said, that no one of the witnesses conceded a depreciation in value of more than f1,000, and .1 think some of the witnesses say that in their judgment there has been no depreciation in value, considering what they…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This suit is for damages resulting from a street improvement. Prior to 1916 the section of Wyoming avenue between Larch and Marion streets, being two blocks, in the City of Scranton, was an unimproved earth road, upon which plaintiff’s residence abutted. His lot was then somewhat above the street, and that year the city began the grading and paving of this part of the avenue; in the course of which it ivas cut down about four feet in front of his property. The improvement, practically converting the road into a parkway, was completed in 1917, when viewers were…
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