Geissinger v. Hellertown Borough

Citations

• 133 Pa. 522
• 19 A. 412
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 928

Syllabus

<p>1. An appeal from an assessment of damages in the Court of Quarter Sessions, taken under the act of June 13, 1874, P. L. 283, is in time if notice thereof is entered in that court within thirty days from the time the award is filed, although the appeal be not certified to the Court of Common Pleas until after that period has elapsed.</p> <p>2. In an action for damages for the opening of a borough street, it was not error to charge: “Was this land, after the street was opened, worth less than it was before the street was opened P If it was, then it will be for you to say how much less, and your verdict would be for the difference, together with interest from the time of the opening.” *</p>