Borough of Adamstown v. Hartman

Citations

• 75 Pa. Super. 588
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 70

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Eminent domain — Injury to private property — ■ Security.</p> <p>The power of taxation in a municipal corporation is sufficient security fqr property taken by .such corporation.</p> <p>Boroughs — Borough streets — Sidewalles—Power to compel payment — Act of May Ik, 1915, P. L. S12 (Borough Code).</p> <p>A township road in a borough may be recognized as a borough street, and improved as such, and the cost thereof assessed against the abutting property owners.</p> <p>Under the police power, an owner of real estate can be required to lay a sidewalk, and if he fails to do so, when requested, the borough may do it for him and make him pay for it under the provisions of chapter 6, article XI, of the Act of May 14, 1915, P. L. 312 (Borough Code).</p>