Chatham Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 95, Oct. T., 1900, by the City of Philadelphia, from order of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 461, confirming report of jury of view in In re Construction of Sewer on Chatham Street. Exceptions to report of viewers. This was a proceeding under the Act of May 16, 1891, P. L. 75, to assess damages for injuries to property resulting from the construction of a sewer on Chatham street.
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Appeal, No. 95, Oct. T., 1900, by the City of Philadelphia, from order of C. P. No. 1, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 461, confirming report of jury of view in In re Construction of Sewer on Chatham Street. Exceptions to report of viewers. This was a proceeding under the Act of May 16, 1891, P. L. 75, to assess damages for injuries to property resulting from the construction of a sewer on Chatham street. The material portions of the report of the jury of view are as follows: There can be no doubt but that a considerable loss has been suffered by most of the tenants and owners of…
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Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
Upon the petition of an owner of land abutting on the improvement, viewers were appointed to assess the damages and benefits accruing from the construction of a sewer in Chatham street, as provided in the Act of May 16, 1891, P. L. 75. It appears from their report, that (1) the sewer was constructed at such level “ that for part of the distance the surface of the street was broken slightly by an emergence of the filling of earth over the crown of the sewer; ” that (2) towers or circular walls were erected by one of the manholes of the sewer, and this being built…
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