Legal Opinion

East Lake Road and Payne Ave.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 1932No. Appeal, 205PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Where a statutory lien is proposed to be placed upon the property of defendant, every requirement of the statute must be strictly complied with, otherwise the whole proceeding is void: Scranton Sewer, 213 Pa. 4; Wilson v. Allegheny, 79 Pa. 272; Hershberger v. Pittsburgh, 115 Pa. 78; Meadville v. Dickson, 129 Pa. 7; Morewood Ave., 159 Pa. 39; Waynesburg v. Ray, 59 Pa. Superior Ct. 640.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

In proceedings to assess benefits and damages for opening, widening, and paving streets, article XIY, section 6, of the Act of June 27, 1913, P. L. 568, as amended by section 35 of the Act of May 27, 1919, P. L. 310, states: “The viewers provided for in the foregoing sections of this article may be appointed-before or at any time within sis years.after the entry, taking, appropriation, or injury,......and......the report of said viewers...... shall be filed within three months from the date of their appointment unless tlie time for so doing shall be extended by…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wise v. Cambridge Springs BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  2. Harris v. MercurSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
  3. Commonwealth v. GriestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
  4. Singer v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  5. In re Road in Salem TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1883

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. Allied Building Credits, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Baldwin AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  3. Commonwealth v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  4. Commonwealth v. Niemeyer Oldsmobile, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. In Re General Election, Nov. 8, 1988Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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