Pennsylvania Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Cuyler

Opinion by

Me. Justice Wauling,

What is known as the Parkway extends through the City of Philadelphia in a northwesterly direction from the City Hall to Fairmount Park. It was first placed on the city map in 1892, but was removed therefrom two years later. The project was renewed and assumed shape in 1903, when in a more definite form it was again placed on the city map. Other city ordinances were enacted, among them that of 1909, revising the lines of the Parkway, also ordinances appropriating the land, etc. In sympathy with the movement, statutes were enacted, including that of June 8, 1907,…