Farrell Borough Division
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 94, April T., 1917, by Myer Nathan et al., from order,of Q. S. Mercer Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 50, confirming report of commissioners In re Division of the Borough of Farrell into wards. Petition to divide a borough into wards. . Before Mc-Laughry, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 94, April T., 1917, by Myer Nathan et al., from order,of Q. S. Mercer Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 50, confirming report of commissioners In re Division of the Borough of Farrell into wards. Petition to divide a borough into wards. . Before Mc-Laughry, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The petition of the commissioners filed on August 14, 1916, was as follows: The undersigned, who were appointed by this honorable court, at the above number and term, to inquire into the propriety of dividing the Borough of Farrell into wards, having discovered that there…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
November 30, 1915, a petition was presented to the Oourt of Quarter Sessions, signed by 118 freeholders of the Borough of Farrell, asking that the borough be divided into wards. The same day the court appointed three commissioners and directed that “after giving due notice to the inhabitants of the said borough, of the time and place of meeting by at least ten days’ previous notice by advertisement in two newspapers published in said county,......the said commissioners having been duly sworn or affirmed to perform their duties......, are to inquire into the propriety…
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