Shappel v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This was an appeal by the City of Philadelphia from an award of viewers in favor of the plaintiffs for $3,278, for damages to their property by the lowering of the grade of Green Lane in the City of Philadelphia. The cnt in front of the plaintiffs’ property was six and a half feet. After the change of grade, access could be had to the front door of the-house, which opened directly on the street, only by a temporary wooden staircase with fifteen steps.

On the trial before the jury, which had viewed the premises, the plaintiffs produced witnesses who testified that the…