East Lansdowne Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 144, Oct. T., 1911, by Upper Darby Township, from decree of Q. S. Delaware Co., Mise. Docket D, page 1, Incorporating Borough of East Lansdowne. Petition for the incorporation of the borough of East Landsowne. Before Broomall, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was decree incorporating the borough.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
We are met at the threshold of this case by a motion to quash this appeal, which while entitled “An appeal on behalf of the township of Upper Darby, Delaware County, Pa.,” it is in fact taken by “William C. Alexander, Solicitor for the township of Upper Darby,” etc. and he alone makes the affidavit required by the statute. The Act of May 9,1889, P. L. 174, provides, “That in all proceedings for the erection of boroughs, wherein a decree has been entered incorporating any town or village, an appeal shall lie from any decree within twenty days from the recording of such…
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