Oil City v. McAboy ex rel. Bollman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1872, No. 170. On the 27th of February 1865, the borough of Oil City was authorized to erect a bridge over Oil creek. By a supplement of March 10th 1865, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the act, it was authorized to borrow any sum of money not exceeding $50,000, and “issue bonds for the same ” at six per cent, interest.
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1872, No. 170. On the 27th of February 1865, the borough of Oil City was authorized to erect a bridge over Oil creek. By a supplement of March 10th 1865, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the act, it was authorized to borrow any sum of money not exceeding $50,000, and “issue bonds for the same ” at six per cent, interest. On the 5th of January 1872, James L. McAboy to the use of H. L. Bollman, entered judgment in the District Court of Allegheny county against the borough of Oil City for $1000, on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the "court was delivered, October 20th 1873, by
Agnew J. —
Counties and toAvnships are the legally-recognised municipal divisions of the state. The second section of the Act of 15th April 1834, relating to counties and townships and county and toAvnship officers, provides that every city shall be deemed and taken to form part of the county in which it is or may be situated. Much more, then, is a borough to be deemed a part of the county. Indeed, formerly boroughs were treated as parts of the respective toAvnships to which they belonged, though since the passage of the Act of 3d…
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