Road in Hempfield Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OP WESTMORELAND COUNTV. No. 23 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 23 May Term 1886, Q. S. On July 13, 1886, upon petition presented, viewers were appointed to lay out a road in Hempfield township from a point at or near the house of Moses Knappenberger, on the road from Grapeville station to Grapeville town, to a point near the barn of G. W. Crushore, on the road leading from Grapeville station, past the tannery of said…
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CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS OP WESTMORELAND COUNTV. No. 23 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 23 May Term 1886, Q. S. On July 13, 1886, upon petition presented, viewers were appointed to lay out a road in Hempfield township from a point at or near the house of Moses Knappenberger, on the road from Grapeville station to Grapeville town, to a point near the barn of G. W. Crushore, on the road leading from Grapeville station, past the tannery of said Crushore, to the turnpike. The report of the viewers in favor of the proposed road was filed on September 4, 1886, aud…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson :
In this case the learned judge below referred the report of the jurors back to them “ to agree upon the damages sustained to parties by said road, and to mark upon the draft the improvements, and especially the barn and corn crib of George W. Crushore, and report what releases you have procured from the landowners.” It is settled that a report may be sent back to the viewers, to note the improvements, or to correct errors or omissions: In re Road in Springdale Township, 91 Pa. 260; Boyer’s Road, 37 Pa. 257; Potts’s Appeal, 15 Pa. 414.
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