Philadelphia v. Snedaker

Citations

• 69 Pa. Super. 118
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 26

Syllabus

<p>Municipal liens■ — ■Water pipes — Foot-front assessment — Vacation of street — Act of June A 1901, P. L. Sñlf..</p> <p>There is nothing in the Act of June 4, 1901, P. L. 364, which changes the foot-front rule of assessment for water pipes in a street. The use of the words “benefited thereby” in Section 4 of the act, does not require proof of special benefits to the property against which the lien is filed before there can he a recovery.</p> <p>The vacation of a duly dedicated and accepted street does not impair the lien against an abutting property for the cost of laying' water pipes; and especially is this so where it appears that the street had been vacated at the request of the property owner.</p> <p>Municipal lien — Scire facias — Service—Betwn of sheriff — Practice, O. P.</p> <p>A sheriff’s return of a scire facias sur municipal lien to the effect that the defendant could not be found, is not impaired by the fact that an inspector of a city five years before had knowledge of the residence of the defendant.</p>