In re County Bridge, Nescopeck Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE LUZERNE COUNTY. No. 446 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 188 April Term 1884, Q. S. On November 19, 1881, a report of the grand jury of Luzerne county was filed, setting forth that upon the petitions from certain townships they had considered and recommended favorably, inter alia, the erection of a bridge across Nescopeek creek in Nescopeek township, at a point designated; that the amount proper to be expended…
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OE LUZERNE COUNTY. No. 446 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 188 April Term 1884, Q. S. On November 19, 1881, a report of the grand jury of Luzerne county was filed, setting forth that upon the petitions from certain townships they had considered and recommended favorably, inter alia, the erection of a bridge across Nescopeek creek in Nescopeek township, at a point designated; that the amount proper to be expended thereon by the county of Luzerne should not exceed the sum of $1,500, the abutments, piers and filling in of abutments to be…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Williams:
There is but a single question raised on this record. The report of the grand jury locating a county bridge in Nescopeck and appropriating 11,500 to its construction, was presented in court on November 19, 1881, and on the same day, without notice to the county or township authorities, was approved by the court. On May 14, 1884, the bridge not having been built by the county, on the petition of citizens and tax-payers of Luzerne county a rule to show cause why the approval of the court should not be struck off was granted, and notice directed to the county…
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