Legal Opinion

Mullen v. Altoona

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 22, 1932No. Appeal, 80PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

The case before us involves a change of grade in the street adjoining appellees’s property. The City of Altoona appealed from the award of damages.

It is admitted by all parties that by an ordinance of 1905 the city established the grade for 18th Street abutting this property; that thereafter in 1908 the city paved the street with brick supported by a concrete base, and set the curb, and this curb was set in conformity with the grade established by the ordinance; that from 1908 to 1924 the established grade and the physical grade conformed. There seems to be no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pfeffer v. JohnstownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  2. Devlin v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  3. Groff v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  4. Ellwood Lumber Co. v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Costello v. City of ScrantonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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