Sansom v. Henderson

Citations

• 13 Pa. Super. 120
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 120

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Sewers—Assessments—Repayment of assessments — To whom return assessment is payable.</p> <p>Where property owners who have paid specific assessments for sewers in streets upon which their properties abutted start a movement to secure a repayment to them of such assessments after the borough had constructed a general system of sewerage payable by general taxation, and the movement results in a judgment in favor of the persons who have paid such assessments and against the borough, the grantee of one of the property owners who actually paid the assessment has no claim on the fund, and it is immaterial that such grantee took title by a deed of general warranty, and that he was active and instrumental in bringing about the arbitration.</p>