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LIZZA v. UNIONTOWN CITY

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov 23, 1942
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Damages — Eminent domain — Municipal corporations — Direct, immediate and necessary consequences of work of improvement.

A municipality is not liable in a proceeding before viewers for damage to a property owner resulting from a public improvement where the injury is not the direct, immediate and necessary or inevitable consequence of a careful execution of the work of the improvement.

Argued September 29, 1942.

PER CURIAM, November 23, 1942:

The judgment is affirmed on the opinion of Judge CARR.