Legal Opinion

Heid v. Allegheny County

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 26, 1936No. Appeal, 97PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This case is governed, in principle, by our decision in N. Y. Central Railroad Co. v. County of Venango, 105 Pa. Superior Ct. 245, 161 A. 488. Relying on that case the court below entered judgment for the defendant, the County of Allegheny, notwithstanding a verdict entered for the plaintiff, in an appeal from an award of viewers. The judgment must be affirmed.

The facts involved are concisely stated by the court below, in its opinion, as follows: “Plaintiff’s property, ten acres in area, abuts on the westerly side of Gass Road in Ross Township for a distance of 400…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial BridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  2. Bradbury v. WagenhorstSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  3. N. Y. Central Railroad v. County of VenangoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  4. Yocom v. Township of UnionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Heil v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Nelson v. Garland (City of Pgh.)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Dalton Street Railway Co. v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County1945
  4. Ditches & Drains Along State Highways, Pennsylvania Department of Justice1937

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