Baldwin v. the City of Erie

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The city council of the city of Erie, being desirous of constructing a sanitary tile sewer in certain streets running through the property of appellant, undertook to exercise the jurisdiction, conferred by Article XIII of the Act of June 27, 1913, P. L. 568, to proceed without a petition of abutting property owners and assess the cost of such sewer against the abutting property according to benefits. After the work was completed an assessment was made and appellant was duly notified of the amount of his assessment and that a hearing thereon would be held by the city…