Dormont Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 30, April T., 1915, by W. H. McMurray, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 2336, confirming report of viewers In re Petition of Dormont Borough. Petition of the Borough of Dormont for the appointment of viewers to ascertain the costs and assess the benefits and damages for the grading, paving and curbing of West Liberty avenue from Ivy wood avenue to the centre line of La Salle avenue, in the Borough of Dormont.
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Appeal, No. 30, April T., 1915, by W. H. McMurray, from order of C. P. Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1913, No. 2336, confirming report of viewers In re Petition of Dormont Borough. Petition of the Borough of Dormont for the appointment of viewers to ascertain the costs and assess the benefits and damages for the grading, paving and curbing of West Liberty avenue from Ivy wood avenue to the centre line of La Salle avenue, in the Borough of Dormont. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Errors assigned among others were (5) in dismissing an exception to the effect that the report…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
A public road extending from'Mount Washington, City of Pittsburgh, to Washington, Pennsylvania, has existed for a long time. The Borough of Dormont was organized in 1909, and seven-tenths of a mile of this road is within the borough limits. In May; 1911, the commissioners of the County of Allegheny presented a petition to the Court of Quarter Sessions for authority to improve, this road within the Borough of Dormont, under the provisions of Section 18 of the Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 244.
Action was also taken by the borough in June, 1911, for the improvement of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Alcorn v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
3Cited by3 opinions
- Borough v. RandallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- In Re Petition of City of PittsburghSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- In re Borough of DormontSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1919