Penn Township Road

Citations

• 66 Pa. 461
• 1870 Pa. LEXIS 302

Syllabus

<p>1. The jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions oyer state roads is one of special authority not of general power.</p> <p>2. The only power of the court over a state road is to change or supply its route by a new road and to vacate so much of the state road as shall be supplied.</p> <p>3. The new route becomes the state road and is not an independent county road.</p> <p>4. Under the general road laws viewers may vacate parts only of an old road.</p> <p>5. Viewers to alter and supply a designated portion of a state road laid out a road supplying the state road but vacated only part of that which was supplied. The Quarter Sessions confirmed the report. The Supreme Court modified the order of confirmation by directing the part of the state road supplied to be vacated.</p> <p>6. The road law directing the part of thé state road supplied to be vacated, is mandatory.</p> <p>T. Mill Creek Road, 5 Casey 197, adopted.</p>