Legal Opinion

Warner-Vaught v. Fawn Township

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 21, 2008No. 2336 C.D. 2007PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.

Lisa Warner-Vaught (Appellant) appeals from the judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of York County in favor of Fawn Township (Township), a second-class township, in her action in mandamus seeking an order directing the Township to maintain a public road that had allegedly existed along the boundary of her property. Appellant challenges the trial court’s conclusion that she failed to prove the existence of the public road.

In 2004, Appellant and her husband, a logger, purchased approximately fifty acres of woodland identified as Parcel 29 on the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Guy M. Cooper, Inc. v. East Penn School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  2. Stewart v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. Fidelity Bank AccountsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Hazleton v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Clifford Township v. RansomCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. Schantz v. BAHRYCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  4. Podolak v. Tobyhanna Township Board of Supervisors, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Monroe County2014
  5. S.R. Basinger v. R. Adamson ~ Appeal of: R. AdamsonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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