Taylor Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 187, Jan. T., 1894, by Ira C. Atherton et al., freeholders, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1893, No. 169, incorporating Taylor Borough. Petition for incorporation of borough. From the record it appeared that the petition was signed by about 197 persons. The entire population of the territory was 295. A remonstrance was numerously signed.
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Appeal, No. 187, Jan. T., 1894, by Ira C. Atherton et al., freeholders, from order of Q. S. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1893, No. 169, incorporating Taylor Borough. Petition for incorporation of borough. From the record it appeared that the petition was signed by about 197 persons. The entire population of the territory was 295. A remonstrance was numerously signed. The court ordered the petition to be heard on Monday, June 5,1893, directing that the grand jury be held over from the preceding week for that purpose. The report was signed June 4,1893, which was Sunday. The following notice was…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The objection to the form of the published notice of intention to apply for incorporation comes too late after the parties making it have taken notice, and appeared, and contested the application: Borough of Edgewood, 180 Pa. 848. Such appearance and participation in the proceedings cures any defect of form in the published notice. The situation of the territory included within the limits of the proposed borough is a proper subject for consideration by the grand jury and by the court of quarter sessions. The court exercises a judicial discretion in determining the application, and…
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