Jordan v. Clearfield County

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The Secretary of Highways, acting under the authority of Section 8 of the Sproui Act (May 31, 1911, P. L. 468) relocated a portion of state highway route 276 in Bigler Township, Clearfield County, by a divergence from the old route, and in doing so took and appropriated some of the plaintiff’s ground. A view was had to assess the damages which he suffered by such taking, pursuant to Section 16 of that act as amended. He appealed from the award of the viewers to the court of common pleas and now appeals to this court from the judgment of $600 in his favor.

The plan of the…