Sensenig v. Lancaster County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 76, Oct. T., 1905, by-defendant, from order of C. P. Lancaster Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 14, overruling exceptions to master’s report in case of Levi Sensenig v. County of Lancaster and the City of Lancaster. Exceptions to report of Henry Carpenter, Esq., Master. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Errors assigned were in overruling exceptions to master’s report.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The city of Lancaster, acting through its officers and under the authority of the special Act of assembly approved April 18, 1873, P. L. 811, laid out a street over the lands of the plaintiff. The plan was duly approved and viewers appointed by the court of quarter sessions, in accordance with the provisions of the local statute ; the report of viewers was filed in the court of quarter sessions, the plaintiff appealed and demanded a jury trial, and that appeal was filed in the court of common pleas prior to the approval of- the Act of May 16, 1891, P. L. 75. The act of…
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