Storch v. Lansdowne Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 387, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 37, in equity, granting an injunction in case of George N. Storch v. Borough of Lansdowne. Taxpayer’s bill in equity to restrain the increase of bonded indebtedness of the Borough of Lansdowne. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court awarded an injunction restraining the increase of indebtedness as prayed for.
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Appeal, No. 387, Jan. T., 1912, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 37, in equity, granting an injunction in case of George N. Storch v. Borough of Lansdowne. Taxpayer’s bill in equity to restrain the increase of bonded indebtedness of the Borough of Lansdowne. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court awarded an injunction restraining the increase of indebtedness as prayed for. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court awarding the injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
These proceedings were instituted to test the legality of a bond issue authorized by a majority vote of the electors of a borough. The borough in question passed an ordinance entitled “An ordinance for the increase of *308the indebtedness of the Borough of Lansdowne in the sum of $75,000.00, for the purpose of......and further providing for a special election to authorize the same.” The first section expressed in proper language the desire of the corporate authorities that the indebtedness should be increased, and the second provided “That a special election…
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