In re Road from Houston to Canonsburg
Washington County Court of Quarter Sessions
1Opinion of the Court
Brownson, P. J.,
Section 20 of the Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 244, as finally amended by the Act of May 11, 1921, P. L. 477, provides that upon petition of the county commissioners the Courts of Quarter Sessions shall have power to vacate as a county road any portion or portions of any abandoned or condemned turnpike road, or turnpike road purchased by the county, or of any road the location or improvement of which has been ordered or made under said Act of 1911, “or former acts relating to county roads,” and that “all portions of such roads so vacated shall become and be township roads;” such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smedley v. ErwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Road in MiltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1861