West Leechburg Borough v. Allegheny Township School Directors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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 Under sections 101 and 210 of the School Code of 1911, as originally enacted, the decree of incorporation carried with it the coincident creation of a separate school district, the classification of which and appointment of a board of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
- Siegfried v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. KellySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Hunt v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- New Britain Borough School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
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