53 P.S. § 16523 - Acquisition of property; assessment of damages

• Cite as: 53 P.S. § 16523

The councils of said city, whenever they shall select any square or other area of ground to be laid out and maintained forever as an open public place or park, for the health and enjoyment of the people, shall have the power, if they cannot agree with the owner or owners thereof as to price, to cause a petition to be filed in the court of quarter sessions of the city and county of Philadelphia, on behalf of said city, setting forth by proper metes and bounds the ground so selected, and ...