Beigh's Road
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Perry county. ■ At October Sessions, 1852, a petition was presented relative to a road to lead from a point at John Beigh’s barn, on the road from Harrisburg to Northumberland, to a point at John Low’s, &c.
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Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Perry county. ■ At October Sessions, 1852, a petition was presented relative to a road to lead from a point at John Beigh’s barn, on the road from Harrisburg to Northumberland, to a point at John Low’s, &c. By Act of 17th April, 1846, it was enacted that thereafter the number of viewers appointed by the Court of Quarter . Sessions of the county of Perry shall be three, all of whom are to view, but a majority may report; and by the 2d section it was provided that “ The viewers so appointed shall have power to decide upon and fix the width of the road…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Woodward, J.
We shall be sure to hit all the points in the appellant’s argument by noticing seriatim and in their order the several errors assigned.
1. The draft accompanying the report of the viewers contains the names of the owners through whose lands the road passes, and if this be not a sufficient “ noting briefly of the improvements,” the remedy was to apply to the Quarter Sessions to recommit the report and draft to the viewers for the purpose of having it perfected in this regard. In the case of the New Hanover Road, 6 Harris 224, this was said to…
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