Legal Opinion · Dissent

Stewart v. Watkins

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 28, 1967No. Appeal, 116Published

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

  1. Hazleton v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. Killbuck Private RoadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
  3. Patterson v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  4. In re the Road from George Bliss's to Sandy Lick CreekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1866
  5. Schmeyer v. Christ, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1950

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