Legal Opinion
Skupien v. Borough of Gallitzin
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 19, 1990PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAIG, President Judge.
Joseph and Marjorie Skupien appeal a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County that sustained the Borough of Gallitzin’s preliminary objections to the Skupiens’ petition for declaratory judgment.
The Skupiens challenged paragraph 7 of the borough’s Ordinance No. 338, which provides for the regulation of the Gallitzin Borough Water System, and which provides that the owners and lessees of property, if served by the borough water system service, shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of “water rentals and penalties hereby imposed.”
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