...reason of section 242 of the Constitution which is as follows : "Municipal and other corporations, and individuals invested with the privilege of taking...compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by them; which compensation shall be paid before such taking, or paid or secured at the election of such...

...Constitution, that "municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege cf taking private property for public use, shall make...compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by them." City of Henderson v. McClain 402 8. Constitutional Construction.— The inhibition in section...

...Same — Obstruction of Street and Alley. — Under Const., section 242, providing that one vested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make compensation for the property taken or Injured, one whose property adjoins a street and an alley may...

...93. 4. Same; grading streets — Under the constitutional provision which requires corporations to make just compensation for property taken, injured...enlargement of their works, highways or improvements (Article XIV, § 7), a liability is imposed lor injuries caused to adjacent property by a change in...

...Art. XIV of the constitution reads as follows : ' 'Municipal and other corporations and individual!*, invested with the privilege of taking private property, for public use, shall make just compensation for the property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of its works, high ways,...

...of the Constitution of 1875 ordains that "Municipal and other corporations, and individuals vested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for the property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of its works, highways,...

...(.he 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 we thus have a custom superior...

...governed by the Constitution of 1874, which provides (art. 10, f. 8): " Municipal and other corporations and individuals Invested with the privilege of taking...compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed in the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements," and the cases ot Pitsey...

...articles upon second reading, wo have section twelve in these words : "Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking...secured before such taking, injury or destruction." I believe that that entire section can bo rendered unnecessary by the insertion of the throe shert...

...Lamberton, To amend the amendment, by making it read as follows, viz : '•Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking...property for public use, shall make just compensation for prol>erty taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or...