In re Borough of Dormont

Citations

• 72 Pa. Super. 441
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 344

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Paving portion of public road in borough — Assessments on abutting property owners — Liability of borough — Gounty road — Act of May 11,1911, P. L.</p> <p>Where the county commissioners of a county and the authorities of a borough cooperate to pave a width of 16 feet of a public road extending through the borough, under the Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 244, and agree that the county shall pay two-thirds of such improvement and the borough pay one-third thereof, the borough may impose the cost of any portion of the road paved beyond the 16 feet upon the owners of property abutting on the improved street.</p> <p>The fiction of the county and the borough was completed when the roadway of 16 feet was paved in accordance with the order of court authorizing such improvement. There was no duty on the county to pave the remainder of the road passing through the borough and such improvements, being for the benefit of the citizens of the borough, the costs thereof were properly assessed upon the abutting owners.</p>