Rowan v. Commonwealth

Citations

• 261 Pa. 88
• 104 A. 502
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 691

Syllabus

<p>Practice, Supreme Court — Appeals—Assignments of errors — Defective assignments — Paper boohs — Statement of questions involved — ■Typewritten statement.</p> <p>1. On appeal from a judgment entered in a case tried by a judge without a jury, assignments of error complaining of findings of fact and conclusions of law of the court below are defective where they fail to show that exceptions were taken, or the action of the court thereon, and it is not material that exceptions to the findings were in fact filed and argued and finally overruled. Assignments of error are an essential part of the pleadings on appeal, and must be complete in themselves without reference to other parts of the record.</p> <p>2. Where error is assigned to the findings and conclusions of the court below, the particular one to which exception is taken should be quoted, and the action of the court set forth, together with the exception, in order that the assignment shall show the complete transaction.</p> <p>3. Where the statement of questions involved violates the rule of court as to length, it is not good practice to attempt to correct it by filing a typewritten statement.</p> <p>Eminent domain — Parks—Valley Forge — Condemnation of land —Damages—Measure of damages — Special use — Time from which damages computed — Acts of May SO, 189S, P. L. 188; March 19, 1908, P. L. 87; April 7,1905, P. L. 117; June 28,1917, P. L. 61fi.</p> <p>4. The. Acts of May 30, 1893, P. L. 183, March 19, 1903, P. L. 37, April 7, 1905, P. L. 117, and June 23,1917, P. L. 640, relating to the acquisition of Valley Forge as a public park did not define the limits of the park, but authorized the Commissioners to fix the locations and boundaries thereof; and a person who purchased property within the possible but undefined limits of the park after the passage of the' acts relating thereto was not chargeable with notice that her land would be taken so as to preclude her'from recovering the value of the property at the time