Legal Opinion
Moon Township v. Findlay Township
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1989No. Appeal No. 1158 C. D. 1988PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Palladino,
Findlay Township (Findlay)1 appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County adopting and confirming the report of the Border Commission establishing a boundary between Findlay and Moon Township (Moon) that was in dispute.
Findlay was created out of Moon Township in 1822. A portion of the boundary between the two was indicated, in Findlay’s charter, to be a meandering stream,2 most recently known as McClaren’s Run. Between 1936 and 1952, aerial photographs show McClaren’s Run to contain a meander loop. Sometime after 1952, the *174stream’s course was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Arkansas v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Inn Le'Daerda, Inc. v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Smoulter v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Freeland v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Middle Paxton Township. v. Borough of DauphinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Brown v. TucciDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2013
- In Re Petition of ViolaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Adams Twp. v. Richland Apl of: RichlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Adams Township v. Richland Township Cambria County Watkins Glen Properties, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Snow Shoe Twp., a Pennsylvania Municipal Corp. v. Boggs Twp., a Pennsylvania Municipal Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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