Pittsburg v. Sterrett Subdistrict School
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 148, Oct. T., 1902, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1893, M. L. I). No. 19, for defendant non obstante veredicto in ease of City of Pittsburg v. Sterrett Subdistrict School. Scire facias sur municipal lien.
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Appeal, No. 148, Oct. T., 1902, by-plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1893, M. L. I). No. 19, for defendant non obstante veredicto in ease of City of Pittsburg v. Sterrett Subdistrict School. Scire facias sur municipal lien. Before Evans, J. At the trial the jury returned the following verdict: And now, to wit: March 17, 1902, we, the jurors empaneled in the above entitled case, find for plaintiff for $2,048.41, subject to question of law reserved, to wit: Whether real estate, the property of the subdistrict schools in the city of Pittsburg, is liable to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,
There is but a single question in this case and that is whether real estate, purchased and held by the board of directors of sub-school districts in the city of Pittsburg, is liable to assessment for grading, paving and curbing a street on which said real estate abuts. The learned tiial judge answered the question in the negative and denied the right of the city to recover from a subdistrict the cost of the improvement.
By the Act of February 12, 1869, P. L. 150, the city of Pitts-burg was created an independent school district. A central board of education was…
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