In re Widening & Straightening of William Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1900, by R. W. Smiles et al. from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1893, No. 1050, in confirming the report of the viewers appointed in the matter of the widening and straightening of William street in the borough of Pittston. . Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. W. D. Portee, J., dissents. Exceptions to report of viewers.
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Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1900, by R. W. Smiles et al. from decree of C. P. Luzerne Co., Oct. T., 1893, No. 1050, in confirming the report of the viewers appointed in the matter of the widening and straightening of William street in the borough of Pittston. . Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. W. D. Portee, J., dissents. Exceptions to report of viewers. It appears from the record that, at the intersection of the beds of William and Fulton streets, in the borough of Pittston, a triangular portion of a lot owned by Carrie Waddell extended some eighty-seven feet in an easterly direction, and twenty-nine…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
William street is one of the highways of the city of Pittston. The properties fronting upon it are town lots, varying in width. At the point at which William street crosses Fulton street a triangular piece of land projected into William street. The present proceedings were instituted to rid the street of this partial obstruction by the appropriation of the triangular piece of land for public use. A jury of view awarded damages to the extent of 1600 to the owner of the property. Of this, the payment of *271$200 was imposed upon the town, and the remaining $400 were…
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