Fierst v. William Penn Memorial Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaffer,
This bill in equity was filed by plaintiffs seeking an injunction to restrain defendants from using their land for cemetery purposes. Whether it can be so' used turns upon the validity of a zoning ordinance of the Township of Wilkins, one of the complainants.
The chancellor held the ordinance invalid because its publication did not include, the zoning map mentioned in the ordinance or refer to where it could be found or seen, and dismissed the bill. The township appeals.
The Act of June 24, 1931, P. L. 1206, 1250 (53 P. S., sections 19092-1502), provides, in…
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