Philadelphia v. Dibeler

Citations

• 147 Pa. 261
• 23 A. 567
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 827

Syllabus

<p>Streets — Paving—Philadelphia—Councils.</p> <p>The councils of the city of Philadelphia have the sole right to designate what streets shall be paved and the character of the paving.</p> <p>Ordinance — Bepairs—■Macadamizing street — Original paving.</p> <p>Where city councils appropriate a certain sum for the repairs of a street, and the highway department uses the money in macadamizing the street, there is no such original paving as will prevent a city contractor from subsequently recovering from a property owner the contract price for laying a pavement of vitrified brick in accordance with an ordinance authorizing such pavement.</p>