Stewart v. Watkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Dissent
Dissenting Opinion by
Mb. Justice Robebts:
As the majority correctly holds, the Act of May 1, 1933, P. L. 103, §1105, 53 P.S. §66105 requires not only that a road be maintained by public funds for twenty-one years, but also that it be used for public travel for that length of time before the conclusive presumption arises that it is a township road. Assuming arguendo that there is sufficient evidence here to establish public maintenance* I caii find no evidence whatsoever in this record to support the chancellor’s finding, approved by a majority of this Court, of public user.
The road in question…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hazleton v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Killbuck Private RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
- Patterson v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
- In re the Road from George Bliss's to Sandy Lick CreekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
- Schmeyer v. Christ, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1950