Appeal of Hogsett
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 90, April T., 1896, by Fuller Hogsett and Morgan H. Bowman, from decree of Q. S. Fayette Co., Sept. Sess., 1892, No. 3, road docket, erecting a county bridge over Youghiogheny river from Apple street in the borough of Connellsville to Trader’s alley in the borough of New Haven.
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Appeal, No. 90, April T., 1896, by Fuller Hogsett and Morgan H. Bowman, from decree of Q. S. Fayette Co., Sept. Sess., 1892, No. 3, road docket, erecting a county bridge over Youghiogheny river from Apple street in the borough of Connellsville to Trader’s alley in the borough of New Haven. The records disclosed the following facts : The western shore line of the Youghiogheny river is the boundary line between the borough of New Haven on the west and the borough of Connellsville on tbe east. Trader’s alley, a public alley of tbe former borough, terminated at the Connellsville borough line and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
These proceedings were had under section 35 of the act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 551, relative to. the erection of county bridges, and, so far as the record shows, they were regular.
The section provides that when a river, creek or rivulet over which it may be necessary to erect a bridge, crosses a public road or highway, and the erecting of such bridge requires greater expense than it is reasonable that one or two adjoining townships shall bear, the court shall, on the representation of the supervisors or on the petition of any of the inhabitants of the respective…
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