City of Harrisburg v. Stroh

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The defendant appeals from an order of the court below making absolute a rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense to a scire facias sur municipal lien for the cost of paving a section of North Front Street, in the City of Harrisburg’, on the eastern side of which his property abuts. Front Street runs along the eastern bank of the Susquehanna Biver. Between the western line of the travelled highway and low water mark of the river, the city maintains a public park. On the section of street here involved the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had…