West Washington Street

Citations

• 41 Pa. Super. 45
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 9

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Boroughs—Original grading — Ordinance.</p> <p>1. It does not necessarily follow because a borough cuts down some of the high points in a country road within the limits of the borough, and cuts them down with reference to a general line of a street suggested by the borough engineer, that a grade is legally established.</p> <p>2. Where a borough repairs a street within its limits, which was a country road, in order to make it more passable and safe, and not for the purpose of reducing it to a permanent fixed grade, the abutting property owners are not relieved subsequently from the payment of an assessment fpr the actual grading of the street.</p> <p>3. In such a case no persuasive effect is to be attached to the fact that competitive bids were invited for making certain cuts and fills at the time the borough repaired the street or road.</p>