McGarrity v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellant’s decedent, as tenant, leased property on North Front Street, Philadelphia, for one year with the privilege of renewing from year to year at his option. In building the Delaware River Bridge the Commission directed a change of grade in that street. The Commission’s authority was conferred by the Act of July 9, 1919, P. L. 814. Plaintiff, who was engaged in a business requiring the use of trucks, averred in the court below that the new grade of the street, six feet below, its former grade, prevented access to his premises; and as Front Street was the…