Sadsbury Township Roads—Toland's Appeal

Citations

• 147 Pa. 471
• 23 A. 772
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 875

Syllabus

<p>Boad law — Several roads in one proceeding — Act of June 13, 1836.</p> <p>Under the act of June 13, 1836, P. L. 555, conferring upon the cóurt of quarter sessions jurisdiction to lay out roads, it is improper to join together in one proceeding, before the same viewers, two or more separate roads..</p> <p>If such a proceeding were sanctioned, it would furnish an easy method of securing the location of a road with as many fixed intermediate points' as the petitioners might desire. ' If they desired a road so located as to touch two or more intermediate points between the extreme termini, they-might petition for three or more separate roads, so designating the termini of'each as to make virtually one connected road between the extreme termini. In this way no room would be left for the exercise of the discretion vested by law in the viewers.</p> <p>Practice (Supreme Court) — Certiorari.</p> <p>Questions of fact cannot be considered on certiorari.</p>