Legal Opinion
Millersville Annexation Case
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 12, 1971No. Appeal 90 C.D. 1970PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Manderino,
On July 21, 1969, a number of freeholders of a one hundred seventy-one acre residential area in Lancaster Township known as Quaker Hills petitioned the Council of the Borough of Millersville to be annexed to the Borough. After a public meeting, the Borough of Millersville concluded that a sufficient number of freeholders ( a majority) had signed the petitions to effectuate the annexation. The Borough then enacted an ordinance on October 6, 1969, annexing Quaker Hills to the Borough of Millersville.
Soon thereafter, Lancaster Township filed a complaint in the Lancaster…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Phoenixville Borough Annexation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
3Cited by16 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Platt v. PlattSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Millersville Annexation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Green v. County Council of Sussex CountyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1980
- Industrial Valley Bank & Trust Co. v. NashSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- In re Delinquent Tax Sale Bertin Realty Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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