In re Proceedings for Approval of Ordinance of Chester
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 484, Jan. T., 1896, by Otto Walther et al., from order of Q. S. Delaware Co., dismissing exceptions to master’s report. Petition for annexation of territory to the city of Chester-. Before Clayton, J. From the record it appeared that the draft accompanying the petition was indescriptive of the land proposed to be annexed.
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Appeal No. 484, Jan. T., 1896, by Otto Walther et al., from order of Q. S. Delaware Co., dismissing exceptions to master’s report. Petition for annexation of territory to the city of Chester-. Before Clayton, J. From the record it appeared that the draft accompanying the petition was indescriptive of the land proposed to be annexed. The case was referred to J. N. Shanafelt, Esq., as master, who filed a report recommending a decree in accordance with the prayer of the petition. The master’s report was confirmed. Before the final decree was entered the record was amended by filing an accurate…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The draft accompanying the petition for the annexation of part of Chester township to the city of Chester was indescriptive. Councils should have required a new one to be prepared giving an intelligible description of the land to be annexed. It has however been replaced by an accurately descriptive one by amendment regularly allowed by the court below. It is now sufficient.
The other question is one of definition. Who is a taxable inhabitant ? Clearly, a taxable is one who is, or who may lawfully be, taxed. One who possesses all the qualifications necessary to authorize the proper…
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