Legal Opinion

Perry Township Road

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 20, 1908No. Appeal, No. 52PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 52, Oct. T., 1907, by Jacob S. Adams, from order of Q. S. Berks Co., June T., 1906, No. 1, sustaining exceptions to report of viewers In re Private Road in Perry and Maidencreek Townships, Berks Co., Pa. Exceptions to report of viewers. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was order sustaining exceptions to report of viewers.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

This is an appeal from an order sustaining exceptions to, and setting aside, a report of viewers appointed to lay out a private road. The appeal is by the petitioner for the road. The substance of the exceptions which were sustained is, that the viewers were informed before they made up their report that previous viewers had reported in favor of a road over the same route, and had awarded the exceptant $20.00 damages, and that their report had been set aside by the court. As counsel for appellant well say, in a proceeding of this kind conducted informally before a jury…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Keller's Private RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  2. Cornplanter Township RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
  3. Appeal of IrwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  4. Commonwealth v. StephensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  5. Road in Kiskiminitas TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1858

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Selfridge v. Mifflin CountyMifflin County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1932

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