Legal Opinion
Irwin Borough Annexation Case (No. 1)
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1949No. 1; Appeals, 60 and 61PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Reno, j.,
By an ordinance adopted on February 20, 1948 the Borough of Irwin annexed adjacent land in North Huntingdon Township. The township and its school district filed a complaint alleging that the ordinance was void for reasons stated. The court below, one judge dissenting, sustained the complaint, and declared the ordinance “illegal and void and the proposed annexation . . . ill-advised and improper.” The borough and the school district of the borough appealed.
Annexation to a borough of adjacent territory situate in a second class township upon the petition of free- . holders to…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Summers v. KramerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1921
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3Cited by39 opinions
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