Lampeter Township Road
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1907, by • Supervisors of West Lampeter Township, from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., confirming report of viewers. Petition to have final order of confirmation opened.
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Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1907, by • Supervisors of West Lampeter Township, from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., confirming report of viewers. Petition to have final order of confirmation opened. The following exceptions, inter alia, were filed: 1. Because two of the viewers in the above case were petitioners for the road and were, therefore, disqualified as viewers, and the court had no jurisdiction to confirm their report. 2. Because the order to the viewers- in the above case was altered by the attorney for the petitioners as follows, viz.: The word all was changed to part and after West…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
- Those opposed to the laying out of this road had two opportunities in the court below to raise objections involving questions of fact. The first was before the confirmation absolute of the report and the second after the confirmation absolute was struck off and additional time given to file exceptions. As they availed themselves of neither of these opportunities there is additional reason for holding that they have no standing on appeal to complain of irregularities in the proceedings not shown by the record in the strictest sense of that term. Neither of the three reasons…
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