Erie City v. Grant

Citations

• 24 Pa. Super. 109
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 137

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Paving contract — Repairs.</p> <p>A provision in a paving contract between a city and a contractor requiring the contractor to keep the pavement in repair for a period of ten years, does not render the contract absolutely void.</p> <p>Road law — Paving contract — Ordinance—Petition by property owners —Act of May 23, 1889, P. L. 277.</p> <p>Where an ordinance authorizing the paving of a street has been advertised and passed in the manner directed by the Act of May 23, 1889, art. 15, sec. 26, P. L. 277, it is not material, at the trial of the scire facias upon the lien, to inquire whether the petition had been signed by a majority of persons owning property upon the street.</p> <p>Road law — Petition for ordinance for paving street — Signature of member of council — Act of May 23, 1889, art. 4, sec. 10, P. L. 277.</p> <p>An ordinance providing for the paving of a street is not invalid because it was passed by the casting vote of a member of the city councils who had signed the petition for the pavement of the street.</p> <p>Appeals — Assignments of error — Municipality.</p> <p>An assignment of error which raises two distinct questions is irregular and may be disregarded.</p>