Frick v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 218, 219, 220 and 221, October T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgments of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1907, No. 4961, on verdicts for plaintiff in case of Charles E. Prick v. Philadelphia. Appeals from awards of jury of view.
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Appeals, Nos. 218, 219, 220 and 221, October T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgments of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., March T., 1907, No. 4961, on verdicts for plaintiff in case of Charles E. Prick v. Philadelphia. Appeals from awards of jury of view. From the record 'it appeared that damages were claimed in separate proceedings for injuries to properties 1746,1750,1752 and 1754 West Allegheny Avenue in the City of Philadelphia, resulting from the depression of Allegheny Avenue to avoid a railroad grade crossing. At the trial when Hector Mansfield was on the stand he was asked this question:…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Tbexler, J.,
Allegheny avenue was plotted on the plan of the City of Philadelphia in 1839 as a street of the width of 150 feet. It was opened thereafter only to the width of eighty feet and to that extent has been used by the public constantly. By an ordinance approved December 23, 1865, the width of the footways on said avenue between Broad and Twenty-fourth streets was fixed at thirty-five feet and the abutting property owners were authorized to fence in the twenty feet of the footways in front of their house line as an open space. It appears that the driveway was fifty feet in…
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