Bedford Bridge
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bedford county: No. 77, to May Term 1872. On the 16th of October 1871, on the petition of citizens of Bed-ford township and Bedford borough, in Bedford county, the Court of Quarter Sessions appointed viewers “ for the site of a bridge over the Juniata river, at the north end of Richmond street,” on the road leading from Bedford borough to St. Clairsville, &c.
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Bedford county: No. 77, to May Term 1872. On the 16th of October 1871, on the petition of citizens of Bed-ford township and Bedford borough, in Bedford county, the Court of Quarter Sessions appointed viewers “ for the site of a bridge over the Juniata river, at the north end of Richmond street,” on the road leading from Bedford borough to St. Clairsville, &c. On the 12th of February 1872, the viewers reported that a new bridge should be erected at the place indicated, and that its erection would be of greater expense than said township and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
— The proceeding to establish a county bridge consists of two distinct acts — the location of the site by a board of viewers, and the determination of the necessity of its being built by the county, by the court, the grand jury, and the county commissioners. The Act of 13th June 1836, § 35, directs in relation to bridges, that the court shall order a view in the manner provided for in the case of roads. Section 25th provides that in all cases of views for any purpose mentioned in this act, the court shall, on petition of any person…
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