Watson v. Borough of Sewickley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 203. Debt by the borough of Sewickley against Robert Watson and Margaret A. Watson, his wife, for an assessment alleged to be due for the widening and extension of a1 street..
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1879, No. 203. Debt by the borough of Sewickley against Robert Watson and Margaret A. Watson, his wife, for an assessment alleged to be due for the widening and extension of a1 street.. On the 20th April 1867, a petition was presented in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county, at No. 11, March session 1867, setting forth that an ordinance had been passed by the town council of the borough of Sewickley for the widening and extension of Crooked street, in said borough, and changing the name…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The Borough of Sewickley having ordained the widening and extension of a street to be thereafter known as Lincoln Avenue, on April 20th 1867, procured the appointment of viewers to assess damages and benefits to the several properties along the line of and adjoining the street. Section 2 of the Act of 1856, Pamph. L. 525, provides that the viewers shall make report to the next session of the court, “ and the said court may, at the next session thereafter, or at any subsequent session, on the hearing of such parties as choose to contest the same, modify, approve and confirm the said report,…
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