City of Erie ex rel. Eichenlaub v. Piece of Land fronting on Eleventh Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, April T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1896, No. 46, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Sci. fa. sur municipal lien. Before Wallusíg-, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 18, April T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Erie Co., May T., 1896, No. 46, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Sci. fa. sur municipal lien. Before Wallusíg-, P. J. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. The defendant presented among others the following points, which were refused by the court below: [1. If the jury find from the evidence that the mayor of the city of Erie did not approve the concurrent resolutions of the councils (submitted to him October 6,1893, and returned October 17,1893), declaring the purpose of the city of…
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Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
A concurrent resolution was passed, by a vote of two thirds of all the members elected to each branch of councils of the *385city of Erie, declaring the purpose of the city to order Eleventh street to be paved at the expense of the abutting property. The resolution was duly certified and submitted to the mayor, on October 6,1898, and was by him returned, on October 17,1893, to the clerk-of common council, the branch in which the resolution originated, without indicating whether he approved or disapproved the legislation. The council was not then in session and there was…
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