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· 1/7/1889

Road in Sterrett Township

Citations

  • 123 Pa. 231
  • 16 A. 777
  • 1889 Pa. LEXIS 647

Syllabus

<p>(a) Viewers were appointed to view and vacate tlie unopened part of a public road laid out in Allegheny county, but before their report was filed a borough was incorporated which included within its limits the part of the road sought to be vacated.</p> <p>1. Though in such case, under the proviso to § 1, act of May 3,1855, P. L. 422, the jurisdiction of the court was ousted by the incorporation of the borough, yet it was eo instante restored by the special act of May 10, 1871, P. L. 704; and this, even if more than the unopened part of the road lay within the limits of the borough.</p>

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Judges: Clark, Gordon, Green, Hand, Paxson, Sterrett, Williams

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