Pringle Street

Citations

• 167 Pa. 646
• 31 A. 948
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 964

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Report of viewers — Mandamus.</p> <p>A report of viewers set forth that “ In opening said Pringle street, beginning at Main street and running up to the Pringle House, we find that no person would sustain damages exceeding the advantages, the said street being opened nearly all the way between these two points.” The viewers proceeded to say: “In our opinion the damages would be $750 by the opening of the street from the southeasterly side of said Pringle House to the creek, and in our opinion the individuals owning lots and land along the line of said street would not be benefited by the opening or extending of the said street, from the southeasterly side of said Pringle House to the creek, and it is also our opinion that the borough would not be benefited by the opening of said street between the last two points named; therefore we hereby report that it would be burdensome, wrong and unjust to assess the lot owners or the borough with advantages sufficient to pay the damages that would be caused by the opening of said street from the southeasterly side of the Pringle House to the creek.” Held that the confirmation of the report was not an adjudication of an indebtedness against the borough in the nature of a judgment under which a mandamus could issue.</p>