KELLY v. PHILADELPHIA


382 Pa. 459 (1955)

Kelly v. Philadelphia, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 27, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Stern, Deputy City Solicitor, and Herbert M. Linsenberg, Assistant City Solicitor, with them Jerome J. Shestack, First Deputy City Solicitor and Abraham L. Freedman, City Solicitor, for defendants, appellants.

John Edward Sheridan, for plaintiff, Kelly, appellee.

Walter B. Saul, and Henry J. Morgan, with them James P. Gilliland and Joseph P. Flanagan, for Queen Lane Park, Inc., appellant.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE CHIDSEY, June 27, 1955:

These appeals present two principal questions (1) whether the evidence supports the chancellor's conclusion that the operation of a proposed municipal incinerator of 600-ton capacity on an area of land in the City of Philadelphia would create a nuisance in fact; (2) whether a certain ordinance of the City changing the classification of the area in question to allow the construction of the incinerator thereon was validly...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases