Atlantic Avenue
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 168, April T., 1900, by the city of New Castle, in the matter of the assessment of damages for opening of Atlantic avenue in the city of New Castle, from decree of Q. S. Lawrence Co., Sept. T.', 1899, No. 109, confirming exceptions to report of road viewers. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Exceptions to report of road viewers.
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Appeal, No. 168, April T., 1900, by the city of New Castle, in the matter of the assessment of damages for opening of Atlantic avenue in the city of New Castle, from decree of Q. S. Lawrence Co., Sept. T.', 1899, No. 109, confirming exceptions to report of road viewers. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Exceptions to report of road viewers. The following facts appear from the record: The city of New Castle, by an ordinance approved March 24, 1898, “ located and established ” Atlantic avenue, as shown by the map hereto annexed; and by an ordinance approved May 31, 1899, directed the same to be opened and…
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Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
Prior to the dedication to which we are about to refer, there was an alley twenty feet wide extending south from Washington street a distance of 189.4 feet. The owners of the land lying to the south of the terminus of the alley plotted the same into lots, streets and alleys and sold the lots according to the recorded plan. One of the streets thus laid out, dedicated and opened to public use was, practically, an extension of the alley, but instead of corresponding in width to the alley it was forty feet wide. This, we infer from the statements in the paper-books, was an…
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- Quicksall v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Higgins v. Borough of SharonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- In re the Opening of Orkney StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- In re Orkney StreetSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Heckerman v. HummelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1852
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