Albus v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

In this proceeding damages are claimed by the use-plaintiff because of the alleged taking of five feet of its land at the southeast corner of Broad and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia. The case has been tried twice and on each occasion the verdict of the jury was for the defendant. This appeal is by the use-plaintiff as the result of the last verdict and of the refusal of the trial court to disturb it.

The property involved originally contained one hundred feet on Broad Street and ninety feet on Spruce. Many years ago, just how many does not clearly appear,…