Supreme Court of Pennsylvania October 3, 1892, Appeal, No. 449 (Hobson v. Phila.)

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Stebbett,

In his statement of claim, plaintiff alleges that in grading a portion of Wood street in 1891, pursuant to an ordinance of councils, the city defendant excavated the bed of said street in front of his property to a depth varying from four to eleven feet, thereby leaving said property so far above the level of the street as to render it inaccessible for ordinary