Legal Opinion
In re Request by Hempfield Township
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 1986No. Appeal, No. 602 C.D. 1985PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
Hempfield Township (Township), a second class township, appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County (trial court), which sustained the preliminary objections of Samuel Scott, an owner of a certain property situate in the Township, and which dismissed the Townships petition for the appointment of a board of viewers to determine the benefit1 to Scotts property from a municipal water line which had been installed across the front of the property
*516By resolution of October 30, 1979, the Township Board of Supervisors (Board) created a water district,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Whitemarsh Township Authority v. ElwertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Monti v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Bern Township Authority v. HartmanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Nether Providence Township Sewer District Assessment CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
3Cited by3 opinions
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Township of ConemaughCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Bortulin v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Upper Gwynedd Township Authority v. RothCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988