Dewhurst v. City of Allegheny
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 7. Scire facias sur municipal lien by the city of Allegheny against Richard Dewhurst for grading and paving Troy Road from Yinial street to Gardner street, in said city.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 7. Scire facias sur municipal lien by the city of Allegheny against Richard Dewhurst for grading and paving Troy Road from Yinial street to Gardner street, in said city. Troy Hill Road was improved under the Act of May 10th 1871, and a supplement thereto of April 1st 1872. In accordance with said acts, on the 27th of November 1872, the councils of the city of Allegheny passed an ordinance providing for the grading and improvement of said road. Some time thereafter the contract was let, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The defendant below objects to paying the assessment upon his property for the grading and paving of Troy Hill Road, in the city of Allegheny, for various reasons, the first of which is, that the Act of Assembly of May 10th 1871, authorizing the same, and the supplement thereto approved April 1st 1872, are unconstitutional, and the assessments thereunder null and void. In Beckert v. The City of Allegheny, 4 Norris 191, so much of said act was doclaréd to be unconstitutional as provided for the assessment of a part of the cost of the work iipon property in Reserve township, which said township…
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