Bellefield Avenue
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 20, 21, April Term, 1896, by Rose White, William M. Granger and. J. P. Cappeau, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1892, No. 680, allowing damages and assessing benefits for the opening of Bellefield avenue in the city of Pittsburg. Report of jury of view awarding damages and assessing benefifs.
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Appeals, Nos. 20, 21, April Term, 1896, by Rose White, William M. Granger and. J. P. Cappeau, from decree of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1892, No. 680, allowing damages and assessing benefits for the opening of Bellefield avenue in the city of Pittsburg. Report of jury of view awarding damages and assessing benefifs. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court as follows: This proceeding was begun in the court of common pleas of Allegheny county by a petition on behalf of the city of Pitts-burg asking for the appointment of viewers to assess the damages and benefits…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Smith, J.,
(after stating the facts as set out in the above statement) :
The appellant contends that Mrs. Mary E. Schenley, the owner of the land taken for Bellefield avenue, had previously dedicated part of it to public use, and therefore she is not entitled to damages for that part. It is asserted on behalf of the appellant that in 1856 or 1857 Mrs. Schenley plotted a tract of land, thenpn Pitt township, one street of which as projected ran parallel with and covered part of Bellefield avenue, and that she conveyed lots according to this plot. But viewers who “ viewed the premises…
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- Forbes StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
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