City of Chester v. Pennell

Citations

• 169 Pa. 300
• 32 A. 408
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1093

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Assessments for local improvements — Act of May 23, .1889.</p> <p>A reassessment made under the act of May 23, 1889, P. L. 272, of the cost of local improvements made under an ordinance passed by a city council organized under the unconstitutional act of May 24, 1887, P. L. 204, is valid, and a recovery may be had thereon.</p> <p>Municipalities — Requisites of ordinance appointing viewers.</p> <p>It is not necessary that an ordinance appointing viewer's for the reassessment of properties under the act of May 23, 1889, shall specify the streets or the properties.</p> <p>Municipalities — Validating acts — Act of May 13, 1889.</p> <p>The act of May 13, 1889, P. L. 196, legalized the councils organized under the unconstitutional act of May 24, 1887, and validated the ordinances passed by such councils: Devers v. York, 150 Pa. 208; Melick v. Williamsport, 162 Pa. 408.</p> <p>Statutes — Implied repeal — Acts of May 1, 1876, and May 24,1887.</p> <p>The act of May 24, 1887, furnished a complete system of procedure in relation to the grading and paving of streets, inconsistent with the provisions of the act of May 1, 1876, P. L. 94. It also contained a clause repealing all laws inconsistent with or supplied by it. It seems that the act of 1876 was repealed by the act of 1887. Per McCollum, J.</p>