Somerton Turnpike
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 178, Oct. T., 1900, by the President and Managers of the Bustleton and Somerton Turnpike Road Company, from order of Q. S. Phila. County, March T., 1899, Docket 46, page 401, dismissing exceptions in proceedings to coudemn and free from toll the Somerton turnpike. Petition of residents and taxpayers for the appointment of a jury to condemn and free from toll the Somerton turnpike. From the record it appeared that Albert D. Wilson, Esq., was appointed master.
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Appeal, No. 178, Oct. T., 1900, by the President and Managers of the Bustleton and Somerton Turnpike Road Company, from order of Q. S. Phila. County, March T., 1899, Docket 46, page 401, dismissing exceptions in proceedings to coudemn and free from toll the Somerton turnpike. Petition of residents and taxpayers for the appointment of a jury to condemn and free from toll the Somerton turnpike. From the record it appeared that Albert D. Wilson, Esq., was appointed master. Hearings were had and testimony was taken, and the jury of view after having been instructed by the master, fixed the value…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
These proceedings were instituted upon a petition of resident taxpayers of the county of Philadelphia, under an Act of June 2, 1887, P. L. 306, to condemn for public use, free from tolls and tollgates, a section of the turnpike road, within the limits of the said county, belonging to the Bustleton and Somerton turnpike road company, a corporation which had been duly incorporated under an act of April 14, 1840, P. L. 324. A jury of viewers and a master were appointed by the court of quarter sessions, before whom a number of witnesses were examined, and who made a report by…
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- Montgomery County v. Schuylkill Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
- In re Kensington & Oxford Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- West Chester & Wilmington Plank Road Co. v. County of ChesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Clarion Turnpike & Bridge Co. v. Clarion CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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- Chestnut Hill & Spring House Turnpike Road Co. v. Montgomery CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Chambersburg & Bedford Turnpike RoadSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902