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· 10/21/1878

Dicken v. Hall

Citations

  • 87 Pa. 379
  • 1878 Pa. LEXIS 181

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that it is a “fundamental principle of law” that highways are real property and that guiderails by the nature of their physical and permanent attachment to the highway fall within the term “improvements to real property”
  • all cases recognizing that roads or bridges are improvements to real estate for the purposes of architect and engineer statutes of repose similar to § 9-1-29
  • highway guard rails, lights, signs and directional signals constitute improvements to real property
  • surge tank in oil refinery an \improvement to real property\
  • surge tank in oil refinery an \improvement to real property\
  • surge tank in oil refinery an “improvement to real property”

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Judges: Agnew, Gordon, Mercur, Paxson, Sharswood, Trunkey, Woodward

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