Legal Opinion
Lenhart v. Wright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 13, 1926No. Appeal, 37PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Sadler,
In 1806, the general assembly directed the building of a turnpike road from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh (Statutes at Large, February 24, page 73), and prescribed that the same should be constructed to a width of not more than fifty feet. Provision was made for the carrying on of the work in sections by separate companies, and, by the Act of March 18, 1816, P. L. 170, a corporation was authorized to lay out the part between Somerset and Bedford. ,By this act the right was given to enter upon lands necessary for the making of the roadbed, and the procedure fixed for…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MooreheadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- City of Pittsburg v. Epping-Carpenter Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Dilts v. Plumville RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
- Gailey v. Wilkinsburg Real Estate Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Northern Central Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Milford Borough v. BurnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Hostetter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Black v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1932
- McLaughlin v. Lansford Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Penn Builders, Inc. v. Blair CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
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