Whitney v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEALS BY THE CITY OE PITTSBURGH EROM THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS AND THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY; AND BY G. I. WHITNEY, T. B. ATTERBURY AND J. A. GILLESPIE, EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 67, 68, 69, 70, 83, 84, 85 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct. j courts below, No. 41 December Term 1890, Q. S.; Nos. 596, 594, 595 March Term 1891, C. P. No. 1, in Equity. Pittsburgh’s petition.
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APPEALS BY THE CITY OE PITTSBURGH EROM THE COURT OE QUARTER SESSIONS AND THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY; AND BY G. I. WHITNEY, T. B. ATTERBURY AND J. A. GILLESPIE, EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. Nos. 67, 68, 69, 70, 83, 84, 85 October Term 1891, Sup. Ct. j courts below, No. 41 December Term 1890, Q. S.; Nos. 596, 594, 595 March Term 1891, C. P. No. 1, in Equity. Pittsburgh’s petition. On January 22,1891, the city of Pittsburgh, by William C. Moreland, city attorney, petitioned the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county for the appointment…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Williams :
These appeals are part of a series of cases brought into this court in order to determine the extent to which the city of Pittsburgh is affected by the decisions in the appeals of Wilbert, Engel et al., made in January last: Wyoming St., Pittsburgh, 137 Pa. 494. The importance of these cases to the officers and the property holders of the city, was such that we felt it our duty to facilitate the final hearing. We accordingly transferred them to the Eastern District, advanced them on the calendar, and have given them a full and patient examination. We acknowledge…
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