Edgemont Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 14, Oct. T., 1916, by John W. Sheets, Sr., from order of Q. S. Philadelphia Oo. Court No. 4, Dec. T., 1912, dismissing exceptions to report of Board of Viewers in the Matter of the Striking from the City Plan and Vacating Edgemont Street from Boston Avenue to Cumberland Street. Exceptions to report of board of view. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was in dismissing the exceptions.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Portee, J.,
Edgemont street, from the north line of Boston street to the south line of Cumberland street, a distance of one square, was, under the authority of an ordinance, duly stricken from the city plan and vacated. The appellant presented his petition to the court below alleging that his property had been damaged by the vacation of the part of the street in question and praying for the appointment of viewers to assess his damages. The viewers reported that all properties fronting on the part of Edgemont street which remained open and all properties fronting on Boston street,…
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