City of Philadelphia v. Ramsay

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 185
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 278

Syllabus

<p>Municipal liens — Assessments for paving — Front foot rule.</p> <p>A city may assess the cost of paving a street upon the abutting property owners according to the “front foot” rule, and without specifying the actual number of square yards of pavement in front of any particular property. The amount due from each owner is for the proportion of the cost of the whole improvement, which the frontage of each property bears to the entire frontage paved.</p> <p>Municipal liens — Averments in claim — Sufficiency.</p> <p>An averment, that the lien claimed against the premises described is for a certain number of square yards of pavement amounting to a certain sum of money, is not necessarily an allegation that that number of square yards of paving has been done directly in front of the property assessed, but is simply a statement that the property was liable for that number of square yards, in proportion to the total amount of paving done in the street. Where there is sufficient evidence to prove that the amount assessed was the proportionate share of the whole improvement, the lien is not defective.</p>