In Re Petition of City of Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

A jury of view assessed part of the cost of the original grading and paving of the newly widened portion (20 feet) of Ferry Street in the City of Pittsburgh, against four abutting tracts of appellant’s land. As one tract, that lying between Liberty Street and Fourth Avenue, is occupied by appellant’s railway station and office building, its liability to assessment is conceded. Appellant denies the power to assess the other three tracts extending from Fourth to First Avenues. Exceptions to the report of the viewers were filed; after hearing, they were dismissed, and the…