A Pennsylvania couple fought to make their town maintain public steps that cross their private land; after evidence of 130 years of public use and repairs, an appeals court upheld the borough's duty to maintain them
- Representative Image (AI-generated)Public steps connecting two streets may look like an ordinary part of a neighbourhood, but responsibility for maintaining them can become complicated when they run across privately owned land.
- A Pennsylvania couple faced that issue after their borough disputed its obligation to maintain a set of steps that had been used by residents for generations.
- The couple argued that the public had relied on the passage for more than a century and that the borough had repeatedly repaired and maintained it using public resources.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)Public steps connecting two streets may look like an ordinary part of a neighbourhood, but responsibility for maintaining them can become complicated when they run across privately owned land.
- A Pennsylvania couple faced that issue after their borough disputed its obligation to maintain a set of steps that had been used by residents for generations.
- The couple argued that the public had relied on the passage for more than a century and that the borough had repeatedly repaired and maintained it using public resources.
Sources: Times of India