...rule of damages prescribed by Art. XVI, § 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution (1874), which provides that "Municipal and other corporations and individuals...enlargement of their works, highways or improvements . . .," that section, as construed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania before the adoption of the...

...stock first obtained at a meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of a law. Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested...enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction. The General...

...individuals, invested with ohe privilege of tak- I^^K'i'J 1 ,'.,'; ing private property for public use, for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction...enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, whether such assessment shall have been made by viewers or otherwise than upon a trial in court, and...

...first obtained at a meeting to be held after thirty days' notice given in pursuance of law. SEC. 7. Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested...property for public use shall make just compensation for the property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of its works, highways,...

...the 8th section, art. 16 of the Constitution, which provides that "municipal and other corporations, invested with the privilege of taking private property...property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction and enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements." Not only would wo thus bave a custom superior...

...did not intend to apply to existing corporations the provisio- that "municipal and other corporations invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall n ake just compensatkm," etc., by saying, "the language used imports a reference to all corporations...

...Tuake just compensation,' to be ascertained as may be provided tice given in pursuance of law. Sec. 7. Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested...property for public use, shall make just compensation for the property taken, V law, for the property taken, injured, or destroyed by the injured, or destroyed...

...contemplation ol otview. section eight of article sixteen of the Constitution of this Commonwealth, for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of the works, highways or improvements of any city of the first class of this Commonwealth, the owner...

...claims to recover by virtue of the Constitution of 1874, section 8 of article xvi of which, provides that " Municipal and other corporations, and individuals...enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury or destruction." It was held...

...COUNTY IS CORPORATION WITHIN MEANING OF CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA, ARTICLE 16, SUCTION 8, providing that "municipal and other corporations and individuals...enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements "; and as such corporation, it may be held liable, in an action on the case, for consequential damages...