Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hamilton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 14, 1922No. Appeal, No. 274PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
The relator, district attorney of Delaware County, appeals from judgment for the county commissioners entered on his demurrer to their answer to his petition for a mandamus to compel them to complete a county bridge partially constructed and left unfinished. The ease was heard below on petition, answer and demurrer.
The petition averred that in 1912, the quarter sessions appointed a jury of view to determine whether a bridge over Muckinnipitus Creek where it flows across Glen-olden Avenue, between Glenolden Borough and Darby Township in Delaware County, was necessary and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Penn Township v. Perry CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1875
- Commonwealth v. KesslerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Youghiogheny BridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Appeal of HogsettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- Commonwealth ex rel. Clowes v. DickinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
3Cited by3 opinions
- Westmoreland Chemical & Color Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. City of ErieCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- West Reading Borough v. Keiser, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1926