Emaus Borough v. Security Trust Co.
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
1Opinion of the Court
Reno, P. J.,
‘The purpose of this suit is to enjoin defendants from erecting a bank building in the Borough of Emaus, which, it is alleged, encroaches upon Main Street, in that borough.
A similar case between the same parties and involving the same building was dismissed (6 D. & C. 395) because it did not there appear that the borough had taken the requisite steps for appropriating the land comprehended within the building-lines of the street to public uses.
Thereafter, as will appear from the findings of facts, the borough enacted an ordinance fixing the width of the street and tendered its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MoirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Martin v. WilliamsportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Fries v. Southern Pennsylvania Railroad & Mining Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1877
- Borough of Freeport v. MarksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Sunbury & Erie Railroad v. CooperSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1859
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