In re Road in Salem Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county : Of January Term 1882, No. 25. The record showed the following facts : — -On April loth 1878 a petition was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county asking to have about two miles of a certain road in Salem township, running to the Columbia county line, vacated. Viewers were appointed and an order to view made by the court, returnable to the next May sessions.
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county : Of January Term 1882, No. 25. The record showed the following facts : — -On April loth 1878 a petition was presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Luzerne county asking to have about two miles of a certain road in Salem township, running to the Columbia county line, vacated. Viewers were appointed and an order to view made by the court, returnable to the next May sessions. At said sessions, on motion, the order was continued to the following September sessions, which was a fixed period beginning on the second and ending oii…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
The jurisdiction of the Court of Quarter Sessions in road cases is purely statutory, and hence the mode of proceeding prescribed by the law should be strictly pursued, especially in all matters that are intended to alfect- individuals or the general public with notice. The third section of the general road law of 1836 requires the viewers to make their, report at the next term -or session of the court after their appointment. The object of this requirement is neither doubtful nor unimportant. As has been repeatedly intimated, the Act means just what it says. It was intended to fix definitely…
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