Appeal of Land Title & Trust Co.

Citations

• 3 Pa. Super. 387
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 27

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Report of viewers — Time allowed for filing.</p> <p>Reports of viewers in Philadelphia must be filed within three months unless the time be extended by the court.</p> <p>Yiewers having finished and signed their report within the statutory period neglected to file same until after its expiration. The court reappointed the jury nunc pro tunc for a period of three months, whereupon the jury, without being resworn or taking any other action, filed their old report. Held, That the proceedings were dead before the order of the court continuing the jury nunc pro tunc was made, and could not be revived. The case is ruled by Salem Township Road, 103 Pa. 250.</p>