Montgomery County v. Schuylkill Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county: Of January Term 1885, No. 421. This was a proceeding, instituted under the Act of May 8th, 1876, (P. L. 131,) and its supplement of May 3d, 1878, (P. L. 41) to declare a bridge acrosss the Schuylkill River at Norristown, belonging to the Schuylkill Bridge Company, a county bridge, and to open the same to the public.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks county: Of January Term 1885, No. 421. This was a proceeding, instituted under the Act of May 8th, 1876, (P. L. 131,) and its supplement of May 3d, 1878, (P. L. 41) to declare a bridge acrosss the Schuylkill River at Norristown, belonging to the Schuylkill Bridge Company, a county bridge, and to open the same to the public. On March 3d, 1884, a petition was presented to the court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county praying for the appointment of viewers to assess the damages. On June 5th, 1884, the report of the viewers was filed awarding to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
There are twenty assignments of error in this case, yet they involve but a simple question, viz: the measure of damages for the taking of the bridge. All the minor questions presented are subsidiary to this one general proposition. In view of this we regard a discussion of the case in detail unnecessary.
No question arises as to the power of the county of Montgomery to take the bridge for public use and to declare it a county bridge free from tolls, under the Act of Assembly of May 8th, 1876, P. L., 131, and the supplement thereto of May 3d, 1878, P, L., 41. Such taking, however, involved the…
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