Legal Opinion

West Leechburg Borough v. Allegheny Township School Directors

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 19, 1930No. Appeal, 55PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Me. Justice Feazee,

The Borough of West Leechburg was incorporated out of a part of Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, by a decree of the court of quarter sessions of that county, dated January 30, 1928. Under sections 101 and 210 of the School Code of 1911, as originally enacted, the decree of incorporation carried with it the coincident creation of a separate school district, the classification of which and appointment of a board of school directors to be by decree of the court of common pleas. This autonomous origination of separate school districts had however been…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Siegfried v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  3. Hunt v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  4. New Britain Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bennett v. ErwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Evans v. MoffatSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. In Re Annexation of Baldwin TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  4. Evans v. MoffatSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. Sechler v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Somerset County1979

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