Township of Lower Merion v. Manning

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The defendants have appealed from a judgment entered against them for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense to a scire facias sur municipal claim for the cost of sewer construction along the frontage of their property. The facts are these: In 1917 George F. Manning, one of the defendants, was the owner of a piece of land in the plaintiff township. Under an ordinance of May 9, 1917, the plaintiff constructed a sewer along the front of his land, the work being .completed September 4, 1917. Pursuant to the ordinance the land was assessed by the township commissioners…