Northern Liberties v. St. John's Church
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an action by the Commissioners and inhabitants of the Incorporated district of the Northern Liberties vs. the Rector, wardens and vestrymen of St. John’s Episcopal Church, of the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, owners or reputed owners, or whoever may be owners, with notice to terre tenants.
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This was an action by the Commissioners and inhabitants of the Incorporated district of the Northern Liberties vs. the Rector, wardens and vestrymen of St. John’s Episcopal Church, of the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, owners or reputed owners, or whoever may be owners, with notice to terre tenants. It was an action to recover from the defendants the amount of a claim, amounting in all to $1814 28, nearly one-third of which was a charge for the laying of pipes, for the conduit of the Schuylkill water, along the fronts of the defendants’ property, a church. The court below gave…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Coulter, J.
By the act of March 16th, 1819, it is enacted, in the 2d sec. that the Board of Commissioners shall have full authority, upon the application of the owners of property, on any street, lane or alley, to pitch and pave such street, lane or alley, within the said district, and the property in front of which such *105Street, lane or alley, is pitched and paved, shall be taxed for the expense of such pitching and paving, in proportion to the extent of the same in front; sec. 8, provides, that on all assessments for pitching, paving and curbing, the…
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