Keith v. City of Philadelphia
Citations
- 126 Pa. 575
- 17 A. 883
- 1889 Pa. LEXIS 915
Syllabus
<p>1. Whether ór not the l'oot-fronl rule of assessment for the cost of paving and curbing a street, is legally applicable to an abutting property, •within city limits, but claimed to be rural in character, depends upon the conditions existing at the time when the improvement is made, not at the time when the ordinance authorizing it is enacted.</p> <p>2. Wherefore, on the trial of a scire facias to recover assessments for an improvement made in 1878, the record oí a judgment for the defendant in a like 'action by the same plaintiff, brought to recover assessments against a portion of the same property for an improvement made in 1874, wherein the same issue was raised, is inadmissible, either as evidence for the jury, or as a conclusive bar.</p>
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- attorney for City of Philadelphia failed to prove that pressure and overcrowding of work environment was abnormal
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Judges: Clark, Collum, Green, Paxkon, Williams
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