Butler Street
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1903, by Emily L. Hopkins, from order of Q. S. Phila. Co., Dec T., 1902, Minute Book No. 5, page 456, quashing petition in the matter of the vacation of Butler Street from Lawrence Street to American Street. Petition for the appointment of viewers to assess damages for the vacation of a street.
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Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1903, by Emily L. Hopkins, from order of Q. S. Phila. Co., Dec T., 1902, Minute Book No. 5, page 456, quashing petition in the matter of the vacation of Butler Street from Lawrence Street to American Street. Petition for the appointment of viewers to assess damages for the vacation of a street. From the record it appeared that Emily L. Hopkins filed a petition for viewers, averring that she owned certain properties in Philadelphia on Butler street, west of Lawrence, and that by an ordinance of councils, approved February 4, 1892, the department of public works of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The appellant, on December 11,1902, presented her petition to the court of quarter sessions of Philadelphia county, setting forth her ownership of a lot of ground fronting on Butler street westward of Lawrence street; and that said street had been for many years in public use as one of the highways of the city; that by an ordinance approved March 15,1892, the city authorized the revision of the lines and grades of “ Plan No. 226,” which included Butler street; that said plan was duly revised by the proper department of the city, which revision provided for the vacation of…
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