Philadelphia v. Ginhart
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June Term, 1903, No. 188, M. L. D., on verdict for plaintiff in case of Philadelphia v. Harry Ginhart. Amicable action upon a municipal lien for paving. Before WlLTBANK, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for plaintiff. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $237.82. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 5, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June Term, 1903, No. 188, M. L. D., on verdict for plaintiff in case of Philadelphia v. Harry Ginhart. Amicable action upon a municipal lien for paving. Before WlLTBANK, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. At the trial the court gave binding instructions for plaintiff. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $237.82. Defendant appealed. Error assigned among others was in giving binding instructions for plaintiff. When street paving has once been paid for it cannot be charged for again to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Pobter, J.,
This is a scire facias upon a municipal lien- for paving filed by the city of Philadelphia against a lot of the appellant fronting upon the southeast side of- Richmond street. The learned judge of the court below.instructed the jury to find a verdict in favor of the city for the full amount of *650the assessment for which the lien was filed, and judgment having been entered upon that verdict, the defendant appeals.
Richmond street had been duly widened and relocated, under a city ordinance, in 1894. The street had been an old city street fifty feet wide and had been paved and…
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