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· 10/31/1868

Smith v. Commonwealth ex rel. McGarvy

Citations

  • 59 Pa. 320
  • 1869 Pa. LEXIS 19

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  • holding that a borough’s grading and paving of an alley that caused surface water to flow onto adjacent property and damage pine trees constituted a de facto taking

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Judges: Agnew, Read, Sharswood, Thompson, Williams

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