Hamilton Street

Decided May 2, 1892

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1892-05-02

Appeal, No. 32, July T., 1891, by Montgomery County, from decree of Q. S. Montgomery Co., dismissing exceptions to and confirming report of road jury awarding damages to Ella E. Guilbert for the opening of Hamilton Street in the borough of Norristown. The facts appear by the opinion of the court below. The county commissioners filed, among others, the following exception to the report of the jury: “ 2.

Relies on In re Change of Grade of Germantown Avenue · Road in Roaring Brook Township

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Decided 1892-05-02

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¶1Opinion by

Mr. Justice Mitchell,

¶2This case was argued at length upon the merits, as affected by the question whether the title of the petitioner Mrs. Guilbert, ran to the centre of Hamilton street. On this question we should be content to affirm the judgment on the opinion of the learned court below.

¶3But examination of the record discloses nothing to bring this question before us. The matters were within the jurisdiction of the court, and the proceedings are regular on their face. Beyond these points we are not entitled to look. Certiorari brings up only the record, and we cannot look outside of it, at the facts, even though they be set forth in the opinion of the court. In re Germantown Avenue, 99 Pa. 479; Road in Roaring Brook Township, 140 Pa. 632.

¶4Judgment affirmed.