Mill Creek Sewer

Citations

• 196 Pa. 183
• 46 A. 312
• 1900 Pa. LEXIS 498

Syllabus

<p>Sewers — Assessments of benefits — Acts of March 27, 1865, P. L. 791, June 15, 1871, P. L. 391 and May 16, 1891, P. L. 75.</p> <p>Under the acts of June 15,1871, and May 16, 1891, viewers, in ascertaining damages for property taken for a sewer, have no authority to assess benefits generally, without regard to the cost of the sewer. The act of 1891, is an affirmative and supplementary act, which, cannot be held to intend an implied repeal of the act of 1871. It must be read in view of the general system already existing, which allowed the assessment of land damages.for other improvements, but not for sewers.</p>