Horn v. Co. of Northampton

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This is an action in trespass brought by property owners to recover damages for land taken, without authority of law, in the construction of a township road. The verdict was in plaintiffs ’ favor. The county and township took separate appeals. The assignments of error complain of the failure of the court to give binding instructions or to enter judgment n. o. v.

On the 13th of February, 1923, the supervisors of Lower Bethel Township petitioned the county for aid, under the Act of June 12, 1919, P. L. 450 (36 PS 411), to improve an old township road which traversed the…