Widening of Chestnut Street

Citations

• 118 Pa. 593
• 12 A. 585
• 1888 Pa. LEXIS 426

Syllabus

<p>1. The city councils of Philadelphia, having power under the act June 8, 1881, P. L. 68, and previous legislation, to enact the ordinance of March 31,1884, authorizing the revision of the city plans so as to make Chestnut street of the width of sixty feet, and enforcing the recession of building lines in conformity, when a property owner rebuilds with such recession the Court of Quarter Sessions has jurisdiction to authorize and confirm an assessment of damages by a jury of view, as for an appropriation of private properly for a public use.</p> <p>2. Philadelphia v. Linnard, 97 Pa. 242, followed.</p>