Altoona City v. Laughlin

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 482
• 1920 Pa. Super. LEXIS 45

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Street pawing — Special assessments — Front-foot rule — Act of June 27, 1913, P. L. 582.</p> <p>' The Act of June 27, 1913, article V, section 3, clause 10, P. L. 582, which provides for the grading and paving of public streets, etc., and stipulates that payment therefor shall be, in whole or part, by the city or by the owners of real estate bounding and abutting thereon according to the front-foot rule, is constitutional.</p> <p>An ordinance enacted under the authority of such act gives the city power to pave the streets and to charge the lot owners therefor. The power to pave the streets includes also the street crossings and intersections.</p> <p>Affidavit of defense — Insufficiency—Questions of fact and law.</p> <p>An affidavit of defense is insufficient which denies none of the allegations of the plaintiff's statement and merely raises questions of law which are answered adversely to the defendant.</p>