City of Reading v. O'Reilly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 285, Jan. T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Jan. T., 1892, No. 30, for defendants, n. o. v. for plaintiff. Sci. fa. sur city lien.
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Appeal, No. 285, Jan. T., 1895, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Jan. T., 1892, No. 30, for defendants, n. o. v. for plaintiff. Sci. fa. sur city lien. On the. trial before Ermentkout, J., the following points submitted by the defendants were reserved, the facts set forth in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th points being admitted by counsel for both plaintiff and defendants: “ 4. It appearing from the records of councils, offered in evidence, that the map, plan, schedule and report of viewers were attached to Select Council Bill No. 37, which said bill was defeated, all the matters…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
The act of May 1, 1876, P. L. 94, provides that councils of cities not of the first class “ shall not pass any ordinance authorizing the grading or paving of any street .... before they have caused the city engineer to make an estimate of the total cost of such improvement, particularly stating the items and the cost of each, and a map or plan of all the property liable to assessment for the cost of the same, and also caused the board of viewers to view the property and make a schedule showing *372the total cash value of the same as nearly as can be ascertained, and…
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