Butler Street

Citations

• 25 Pa. Super. 357
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 72

Syllabus

<p>Road law- — Vacation of streets — -Statute of limitations — Philadelphia county —-Act of April 21, 1858, P. L. 385.</p> <p>Under the Act of April 21, 1858, P. L. 385, viewers may be appointed to assess damages for the vacation oí a street in the city of Philadelphia, but if the petition for viewers is not presented until more than six years after the confirmation of the plan vacating the street, the proceeding is barred by the statute of limitations of March 27, 1713, 1 Sm. L. 76.</p> <p>Under the Act of June 6, 1871, P. L. 1353, the legal vacation of a street is complete, when, in pursuance of an ordinance of councils properly authorizing the same, a new plan from which the street is omitted is duly confirmed.</p>