Davis v. Borough of Crafton
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1920, by plaintiffs, from the order of Q. S. Allegheny County, June Sessions, 1919, No. 1, sustaining borough ordinance In re Appeal of Annie Davis, W. A. McCullough and L. J. Kinsey from Ordinance No. 572 of the Borough of Crafton. Petition to have borough ordinance declared null and void. Before Carpenter, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the petition. Petitioners appealed.
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Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1920, by plaintiffs, from the order of Q. S. Allegheny County, June Sessions, 1919, No. 1, sustaining borough ordinance In re Appeal of Annie Davis, W. A. McCullough and L. J. Kinsey from Ordinance No. 572 of the Borough of Crafton. Petition to have borough ordinance declared null and void. Before Carpenter, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court dismissed the petition. Petitioners appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court. The borough had no authority to pass the ordinance: Com. v. Harris, 10 W. N. C., p. 15, col. 1; Com.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
Under section 9, article I, chapter 7 of The General Borough Act (1915 P. L. 312), appellants applied to the quarter sessions to have ordinance No. 572 of the Borough of Crafton declared void; the court sustained the ordinance and the record was brought here. The decision beloAV is not conclusive; we have therefore examined the record including the depositions brought up, (In re Hand, 266 Pa. 277, 280) and find no error.
Appellants severally own three adjoining lots with buildings fronting on the west side of South Linwood avenue. By ordinance No. 548 approved June 21, 1916,…
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