City of Meadville v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE CRAWEORD COUNTY. No. 472 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 109 February Term 1887, C. P. On December 8, 1886, a municipal claim was filed by tbe city, of Meadville against the property of Mary Dickson and Jane Dickson fronting on North street, for tbe proportional cost of a sewer constructed along said street.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE CRAWEORD COUNTY. No. 472 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 109 February Term 1887, C. P. On December 8, 1886, a municipal claim was filed by tbe city, of Meadville against the property of Mary Dickson and Jane Dickson fronting on North street, for tbe proportional cost of a sewer constructed along said street. Tbe city of Meadville was originally incorporated by tbe act of February 15, 1866, P. L. 57, and its supplements, act of March 28, 1870, P. L. 585, and act of April 6, 1870, P. L. 967. It was given by its charter power to construct…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson:
In City of Reading v. Savage, 124 Pa. 328, we decided that the fifty-seventh section of the act of May 23, 1874, P. L. 269, providing that any city of the third class may become subject to the provisions of said act, and that the mayor and councils of said city may effect the same by an ordinance thereof duly passed, is valid and constitutional, and is not obnoxious to the charge of being special or local legislation. We need not repeat the reasons there given for this ruling. The decision was made after mature consideration and a re-argument of the case.
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