Legal Opinion

Culbertson Appeal

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 28, 1956No. Appeal, No. 223PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Per Curiam,

This is an appeal from a decree of the lower court vacating a portion of a public road after a finding by the court that it was useless, inconvenient, burdensome and unnecessary. The argument before us concerned solely the sufficiency of the evidence.

By a long and unbroken line of decisions the appellate and lower courts of Pennsylvania have consistently held that our review is on certiorari upon which the record only is brought before us. We do not have the power to go into the merits of the case or to review questions of fact raised by the evidence. Likar Appeal, 157 Pa.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re Public RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1887
  2. Likar AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  3. Benton Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
  4. Middlecreek Township Road CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Zeni v. Township SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  2. Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  3. Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Buck & Doe Run Valley Farms Co. AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. In Re: Vacation of a Portion of Paper Mill Rd. ~ Appeal of: Newtown Twp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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