Hamilton Street
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 32, July T., 1891, by Montgomery County, from decree of Q. S. Montgomery Co., dismissing exceptions to and confirming report of road jury awarding damages to Ella E. Guilbert for the opening of Hamilton Street in the borough of Norristown. The facts appear by the opinion of the court below.
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Appeal, No. 32, July T., 1891, by Montgomery County, from decree of Q. S. Montgomery Co., dismissing exceptions to and confirming report of road jury awarding damages to Ella E. Guilbert for the opening of Hamilton Street in the borough of Norristown. The facts appear by the opinion of the court below. The county commissioners filed, among others, the following exception to the report of the jury: “ 2. The title to the land in the bed of Hamilton street was not in Henry C. Wentz, at the time he conveyed the adjoining lot to Thomas Guilbert, through whom Ella R. Guilbert claims.” [2] The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
This case was argued at length upon the merits, as affected by the question whether the title of the petitioner Mrs. Guilbert, ran to the centre of Hamilton street. On this question we should be content to affirm the judgment on the opinion of the learned court below.
But examination of the record discloses nothing to bring this question before us. The matters were within the jurisdiction of the court, and the proceedings are regular on their face. Beyond these points we are not entitled to look. Certiorari brings up only the record, and we cannot look outside of…
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