Craig v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1877, No. 89. Scire facias sur municipal claim for paving, filed by the city of Philadelphia to the use of W. W. Dickinson, against Robert Craig, for work done in front of a lot of ground situated in the Twenty-seventh ward of the city of Philadelphia, south side of Market street, and west side of Eorty-ninth street, fronting on Market street three hundred feet, depth two hundred and fourteen…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1877, No. 89. Scire facias sur municipal claim for paving, filed by the city of Philadelphia to the use of W. W. Dickinson, against Robert Craig, for work done in front of a lot of ground situated in the Twenty-seventh ward of the city of Philadelphia, south side of Market street, and west side of Eorty-ninth street, fronting on Market street three hundred feet, depth two hundred and fourteen feet to Ludlow street. The defendant pleaded the general issue and the following special plea: That the said plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
A contract was made between W. W. Dickinson and the City of Philadelphia, on the 26th of November 1872, in which Mr. Dickinson undertook “ to grade, curb and pave Market street, from Forty-third street to the eastern end of the bridge over Cobb’s creek, at Sixty-third street.” The work was done, and after its completion, this proceeding was begun to enforce payment by Robert Craig, the defendant below, of the sum assessed on his property as his proportion of the cost. The claim was filed against a lot of ground on the south side of Market street, having a front on that street of three hundred…
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