Pulaski Avenue
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 183, Jan. T., 1907, by Henry R. Hatfield and Walter Hatfield, from order of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1895, No. 309, discharging rule to review road' proceedings in the matter of the Y acation. of Pulaski avenue. Rule to show cause why an order dismissing a petition for the appointment of viewers should not be reinstated. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Pursuant to an ordinance of the councils of the city of Philadelphia, the department of public works on June 3, 1895, omitted and struck from the city plan Pulaski avenue from Ruffner street to Roberts avenue and thereby vacated that portion of the avenue. The portion of the avenue thus vacated was permitted to remain open and its use was continued by the public for some time thereafter. On October 16, 1895, a petition was presented to the court below, common pleas No. 1, of Philadelphia county, by a number of the abutting property owners, asking for the…
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