Murdoch v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1915, No. 745, refusing preliminary injunction in case of Alexander M. Murdoch v. City of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation, Joseph Gr. Armstrong, Mayor of said City, and Robert Swan, Director of tbe Department of Public Works of said City.
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Appeal, No. 197, Oct. T., 1915, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1915, No. 745, refusing preliminary injunction in case of Alexander M. Murdoch v. City of Pittsburgh, a Municipal Corporation, Joseph Gr. Armstrong, Mayor of said City, and Robert Swan, Director of tbe Department of Public Works of said City. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain defendants from proceeding under an ordinance for the widening and improving of a public street and changing the name of a portion thereof. Before Davis, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to grant a preliminary injunction restraining the City of Pittsburgh from proceeding under its Ordinance No. 122 for the widening and improving of Louden street, and changing the name of a portion of the street. The title of the ordinance brings it directly within the provisions of the Act of March 19, 1903, P. L. 35. That the street varied in width at different points, or had been dedicated by different persons, or that parts of it had been in public use long enough to raise a presumption of dedication makes…
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