Walsh v. City of Scranton

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 276
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 53

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Special injury — Deprivation of access — Damages.</p> <p>The owner of property which has been depreciated in value by reason of the destruction of the means of access thereto in the making of a public improvement, sustains an injury in his property rights, which is peculiar to himself, and which is different in kind from the injury sustained by those who use the street for travel only ; for the impairment of the special right of ingress and egress, he is entitled to compensation.</p> <p>Where the construction of a retaining wall at the intersection of two streets results in leaving the property on one of the streets in a cul de sac, so far as vehicle traffic is concerned, the owners of property on such street are entitled to damages, and their remedy is by proceedings before a jury of view.</p>