In re Beechwood Avenue
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1899, by Roger O’Mara, from order of C. P. No. 8, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1898, No. 262, overruling exceptions to report of viewers. Exceptions to report of viewers. The substance of the exceptions are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were in sustaining exceptions to report of viewers.
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Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1899, by Roger O’Mara, from order of C. P. No. 8, Allegheny Co., Nov. T., 1898, No. 262, overruling exceptions to report of viewers. Exceptions to report of viewers. The substance of the exceptions are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Errors assigned were in sustaining exceptions to report of viewers. The case is ruled by Hammett v. Philadelphia, 65 Pa. 146. The other principal leading cases on the subject of local taxation for general purposes are Washington Avenue, 69 Pa. 352, Seely v. Pittsburg, 82 Pa. 360, Craig v. Philadelphia, 89 Pa. 265, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb,. Chief Justice Sterrett,
This appeal is from the decree of the court below dismissing exceptions and confirming the report of viewers appointed to ascertain the costs, damages and expenses, and to assess the benefits resulting from the grading, macadamizing and laying the sidewalks of Beech-yood avenue, from Fifth avenue to Forbes street, in the twenty-second ward, city óf Pittsburg.
■The proceedings in court were commenced by presentation of the city’s petition reciting an ordinance approved March 27, 1894, entitled, “ An ordinance authorizing the grading, macadamizing and…
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