Ryman v. Borough of Girard

Citations

• 73 Pa. Super. 57
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 173

Syllabus

<p>Streets — Adverse possession — Prescription — Mights of abutting owners.</p> <p>When the public had acquired rights in a Street by prescription, and not by dedication, such prescriptive right will include only land actually used for street purposes, no matter what its width may be. When the municipal authorities wish to widen or straighten any such street they must proceed in the manner authorized by statute and make compensation to the owners of property in which the public have not acquired a prescriptive right through adverse user.</p>