West End Auto Wrecking Co. v. City of Pittsburgh

Kennedy, J.,

In September of 1929, the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company, hereafter referred to as the railroad company, was the legal owner of a tract of land fronting West Carson Street, Pittsburgh. It was at this time that the railroad company and the City of Pittsburgh, hereafter referred to as the city, entered into an agreement, made formal by Ordinance No. 590, dated September 25, 1929, whereby the railroad company would dedicate *288this land to the city in order for them to accomplish planned improvements of West Carson Street. Thereafter, on May 25, 1931, the city adopted Ordinance…