Clarion County v. Clarion Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 233, April T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Clarion Co., May T., 1908, No. 11, for defendant on case stated in suit of Clarion County v. Clarion Township. Case stated to determine the liability of a township for the repair and maintenance of an abandoned turnpike road. The court in an opinion by Wilson, J., entered judgment for defendant on the case stated. Error assigned was in entering judgment for defendant on the case stated.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The. general question for decision in this case is whether or not it is the duty of Clarion county to repair and maintain a portion of a certain turnpike that was condemned, for which condemnation damages were paid by the county. The decision of this question, it is conceded by counsel for appellant, depends upon the proper determination of the question whether the Act of April 20, 1905, P. L. 237, and the Act of April 25, 1907, P.L. 104, are constitutional. The court below decided both questions in the affirmative. The precise question was decided by the Superior Court in February…
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