Mountville Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 87, Oct. T., 1905, by-John Pennypacker et al., from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., April T., 1904, No. 506, incorporating a borough In re Incorporation of Mountville Borough. Petition for the incorporation of a borough. Before Hassler, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 87, Oct. T., 1905, by-John Pennypacker et al., from order of Q. S. Lancaster Co., April T., 1904, No. 506, incorporating a borough In re Incorporation of Mountville Borough. Petition for the incorporation of a borough. Before Hassler, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Errors assigned were in the following form: 1. The court erred in refusing to exclude the names of- William Schuster, Frank Smith, H. B. Immel, John E. Dirk, T. S. Shookers and C. H. Rohrer from the number of signers of the petition for incorporation — the persons named having withdrawn their…
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Beaver, J.,
Who is a freeholder within the meaning of the second section of the Act of April 1, 1834, P. L. 163, which relates to the incorporation of boroughs ? If the answer to this question made by the court below is correct, it practically disposes of the case.
A distinction is made between an estate of freehold in deed and such an estate in law : “ Freehold in deed is the real possession of land or tenements in fee, fee-tail or for life. Freehold in law is the right to such tenements before entry: ” 1 Bouv. L. Dict., Rawle’s edition, 693.
It was absolutely necessary, in order that…
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