Bellevue Borough v. Gibson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 131, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1906, No. 558, for defendant on case stated in suit of Bellevue Borough v. Robert Gibson. Case stated to determine liability on a municipal lien. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below in an opinion by Shaper, J., entered judgment for plaintiff for $335.73. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 131, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1906, No. 558, for defendant on case stated in suit of Bellevue Borough v. Robert Gibson. Case stated to determine liability on a municipal lien. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below in an opinion by Shaper, J., entered judgment for plaintiff for $335.73. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff on case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This was a scire facias on a municipal lien and after an affidavit of defense was filed, the facts were presented to the court in a case stated, from which we gather the following facts:
That the borough of Bellevue, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, is a municipality, chartered and existing under the laws of the state of Pennsylvania; that Bayne avenue is a public street in said borough; that on October 2, 1900, a petition signed by a majority in number and interest of owners of property abutting on said street' was presented to the council of said borough praying for the…
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