Moxham & Ferndale Bridge
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 98, April. T., 1908, by the Moxham and Ferndale Bridge Company, from order of Q. S. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1906; No. 108, dismissing exceptions to report of viewers, In re Condemnation of Moxham and Ferndale Bridge. Exceptions to report of viewers.
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Appeal, No. 98, April. T., 1908, by the Moxham and Ferndale Bridge Company, from order of Q. S. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1906; No. 108, dismissing exceptions to report of viewers, In re Condemnation of Moxham and Ferndale Bridge. Exceptions to report of viewers. The court dismissed the exceptions, filing the following opinion: The report of viewers in the above-stated proceedings was filed in this court, December 5, 1906; was presented to the court on that day for approval, and then laid before the grand jury for appropriate action. The report was approved by the court nisi on the day when…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Section 3 of the Act of May 8,1876, P. L. 131, relative to the acquisition by counties of bridges erected over rivers, creeks *301and rivulets, and the abolition of tolls thereon provides, that if it shall appear to the court and grand jury that such bridge ought to be declared a county bridge, etc., the report of viewers shall be approved.
Section 4 provides as follows: “In their inquiry into the propriety of approving and confirming any report under this act, it shall be the duty of the court and grand jury, if requested, to hear and examine witnesses for and against the' same.” This…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Moxham & Ferndale Bridge Co. v. Cambria CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921