Hicks v. Williamsport
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 267, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 281, on verdict for defendant in cáse of T. M. B. Hicks v. City of Williamsport. Appeal from award of jury of view. Before Hart, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was in giving binding instructions for the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
The city of Williamsport in 1900 adopted a grade for two intersecting streets that had been laid out and opened many years before. The new paper grade differed somewhat from the actual surface of the streets and was made with a view to future improvements. No legislative action was ever taken by the city for the grading of these streets. In 1909, the city engineer set stakes at the intersection where the plaintiff’s lot is situate in accordance with the new grade and the street commissioner constructed a concrete crossing which was lower than the original surface of the street *511and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Howley v. PittsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Devlin v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
- Kittanning Borough v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
3Cited by4 opinions
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