In re Road in Jefferson Township

Citations

• 3 Pa. Super. 467
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 43

Syllabus

<p>'Road law — Review—Appellate-jurisdiction—Rules of court.</p> <p>Where an appeal is taken on any order or proceeding in relation to a public road, the appellate courts will not suffer the merits of the case to be entered into, nor reverse the order of the court of quarter sessions unless for some error or irregularity apparent on the record, or because 'the court below exceeded their jurisdiction or erred in their judgment in •point of law.</p> <p>Rule XIII. of the Superior Court is a substantial transcript of the rule of the Supreme Court upon the subject, which is a declaration of the law as established by numerous decisions.</p> <p>Practice, Superior Court — Defective assignment of error.</p> <p>An assignment of error is defective where matters of fact are alleged which are not brought upon the record and where the evidence in support thereof and also the exceptions are not printed.</p>