Locust Street

Citations

• 153 Pa. 276
• 25 A. 816
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1089

Syllabus

<p>Streets — Extension of — Offset.</p> <p>Where a street laid out by commissioners under the local act of May 24, 1873, P. L. of 1874, page 379, makes an offset of eighty-seven feet at another street before starting on its extension, and the commissioners’ plan shows that the new portion beyond the offset, and the old portion, make, but for the offset, a continuous street in the same general direction from the central part of the town to the outer portion, viewers may be appointed under said act to assess damages and benefits for the opening of the street beyond the offset. In such a case, the extension sought to be opened is part of the street laid out by the commissioners.</p>