Washington Female Seminary v. Washington Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, April T., 1901, by plaintiff, from déeree of C. P. Washington Co., No. 1045, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of the Trustees of Washington Female Seminary v. Burgesses and Inhabitants of the Borough of Washington. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the enforcement of a borough ordinance. Before Taylor, J. The court dismissed the bill. Error assigned was decree dismissing bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The council of the defendant borough, on May 15, 1899, enacted an ordinance “ establishing the curb lines on South Lincoln street, between Strawberry alley and Maiden street.” The plaintiff is the owner of the entire frontage on the west side of Lincoln street between the street and alley named. The curb line established by the ordinance in question was a straight line drawn between the points of intersection of Strawberry alley and Maiden street, respectively, with the curb on the west side of Lincoln street as the same had prior to that *557time been constructed and…
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