In re Road in Jefferson Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 31, Jan. T., 1897, by A. F. Emery, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., June Sessions, 1895, No. 5, dismissing exceptions to petition, and motion to quash proceedings. Exceptions to report of viewers. Before Archbald, P. J. Viewers were appointed May 3,1895 and May 25, exceptions to petition and appointment of the viewers were filed and motion to quash proceedings refused. The report of the viewers was filed and exceptions thereto were dismissed.
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Appeal, No. 31, Jan. T., 1897, by A. F. Emery, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., June Sessions, 1895, No. 5, dismissing exceptions to petition, and motion to quash proceedings. Exceptions to report of viewers. Before Archbald, P. J. Viewers were appointed May 3,1895 and May 25, exceptions to petition and appointment of the viewers were filed and motion to quash proceedings refused. The report of the viewers was filed and exceptions thereto were dismissed. The exceptions filed to the report of viewers were overruled by the final judgment of the court in an opinion by Arch-bald, P. J., set…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
Where an appeal is taken from any order or proceedings in relation to a public road, this court will not suffer the merits of'the case to be entered into, nor reverse the order of the court of quarter sessions, unless for some error or irregularity apparent on the record, or because the court below exceeded their jurisdiction, or erred in their judgment in point of law. Rule XIII. This rule of court, which is a substantial transcript of the rule of the Supreme Court upon the subject, is but a declaration of the law as established by numerous decisions. The tenth…
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