Extension of Hancock Street
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was an appeal from the decree of confirmation of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, in a proceeding for the extension of Hancock street, in the city of Pittsburg.
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This was an appeal from the decree of confirmation of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, in a proceeding for the extension of Hancock street, in the city of Pittsburg. The proceedings took place under the provisions of the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th sections of the Act of 6th April, 1850, Acts of 1850, p. 388-9. The Act provided for the appointment of viewers for the extension of Hancock street, and provided that if the viewers be of opinion that the proposed increase of width of the street is expedient, they should give notice to all persons interested in defraying the expense…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Rogers, J.
The opinion of the Court of Common Pleas contains so full and able a review of the exceptions to the report, that we deem it unnecessary to do more than affirm the proceedings, for reasons given by Judge M’Clure. After the repeated decisions of' our Supreme Court, the constitutionality of the Act is not an open question in this state.
Proceedings affirmed.
The opinion of
M’Clure, J.,
was as follows,
The proceedings here are based upon an Act of Assembly, ■approved April 6th, 1850 (Pamphlet Laws of 1850, p. 388, § 7), in the following words.
“ That…
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