City of Pittsburgh v. Knowlson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1879, Nos. 161, 162, 163 and 164. Scire facias sur municipal lien for grading, paving, &c., issued by the city of Pittsburgh against Richard Knowlson. In the court below this case and that of the same plaintiff against Watson’s Estate, Same against Coward, and Same against Moffatt, were all tried together. The same testimony was given in each, and the facts in each are identical.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1879, Nos. 161, 162, 163 and 164. Scire facias sur municipal lien for grading, paving, &c., issued by the city of Pittsburgh against Richard Knowlson. In the court below this case and that of the same plaintiff against Watson’s Estate, Same against Coward, and Same against Moffatt, were all tried together. The same testimony was given in each, and the facts in each are identical. They were liens filed by the city of Pittsburgh for the grading, paving and curbing of Locust street, from Shingiss street…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This is a scire facias upon a municipal claim for grading and paving on Locust street, in the city of Pittsburgh, filed in the proper lien docket, March 28th 1877, which was, as the jury found, more than six months after the completion by the contractor, of the work upon the street above named, but Avithin that period, counting from the date of the approval and acceptance of that work by the city engineer. Two points, the only ones we need mention, as those embrace all that is material in the case, were made by" the counsel for the city; they were, 1. “ That the provisions of the Act of…
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