Snyder v. School District of Greensburg Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1914, by defendants, from decree of O. P. Westmoreland Co., Equity Docket, 1914, No. 867, awarding an injunction, in case of C. E. Snyder v. Directors of the School District of the Borough of Greensburg, E. M. Gross, President, John Robb Clarke, Secretary of said Board, and E. P. Scott, Tax Collector of said District. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Doty, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1914, by defendants, from decree of O. P. Westmoreland Co., Equity Docket, 1914, No. 867, awarding an injunction, in case of C. E. Snyder v. Directors of the School District of the Borough of Greensburg, E. M. Gross, President, John Robb Clarke, Secretary of said Board, and E. P. Scott, Tax Collector of said District. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before Doty, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court granted a preliminary injunction, which was continued until final hearing. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
This appeal is from a decree modifying and continuing until final hearing a preliminary injunction restraining the defendants from collecting a tax, from issuing bonds and from acquiring by purchase or condemnation certain land for the purpose of erecting a school building thereon. It was found by the learned judge of the Common Pleas that the undertaking on which the school directors proposed to enter would increase the indebtedness of the district beyond the legal limit. Other objections to the proposed action by the directors were left by the court for consideration on final…
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