Hilltown Road
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Bucks county. A petition was presented to the Quarter Sessions of Bucks county, for the appointment of viewers to lay out a road, commencing in the middle of the new Bethlehem road in Hilltown township, in said county, and terminating in a public road leading to Thomas’s tan-yard. Viewers were appointed, and on the 4th February, 1850, a report in favor of a road, signed by five of the viewers, was presented.
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Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Bucks county. A petition was presented to the Quarter Sessions of Bucks county, for the appointment of viewers to lay out a road, commencing in the middle of the new Bethlehem road in Hilltown township, in said county, and terminating in a public road leading to Thomas’s tan-yard. Viewers were appointed, and on the 4th February, 1850, a report in favor of a road, signed by five of the viewers, was presented. On 30th April, 1850, the report was approved, and the road ordered to be opened thirty-three feet in width. On the 16th July, 1850, exceptions ,to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Black, C. J.
The objection to the opening of this road is, that one of the viewers was a brother-in-law of one of the petitioners. Such an objection must be made at the earliest moment, when by the exertion of common diligence and observation the fact might have' been discovered. Here the excepting party suffered the view to be had and the report to be made. The report was re-committed to the viewers for the correction of certain errors. The errors were corrected, and it was not until the amended report was returned and about to be confirmed, that this…
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