Brown v. Fowzer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Butler county ; of October Term 1886, No. 230. The record showed the following facts : On May 16th, 1885, upon application by petition of more than twenty freeholders resident in the borough of Butler to said court for the purpose of dividing said borough into wards, under the Act of May 14th, 1874, the court made the following order : And now, May 16th, 1885, after due consideration, prayer granted, and the court…
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Butler county ; of October Term 1886, No. 230. The record showed the following facts : On May 16th, 1885, upon application by petition of more than twenty freeholders resident in the borough of Butler to said court for the purpose of dividing said borough into wards, under the Act of May 14th, 1874, the court made the following order : And now, May 16th, 1885, after due consideration, prayer granted, and the court appoint as commissioners, B. F. Hilliard (artist), Thos. M. Marshall, Esq., Reuben Shanor, Esq. ■ The court thereupon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
*450In the case In re Harrison Twp., 5 Barr, 447, which was a proceeding for the erection of a new township under the Act of 15th April, 1834, wé said, on p. 450, Rogers, J., “The first duty that the commissioners have to perform is to inquire into ■the propriety of granting the prayer of the petitioners, whether it be a prayer for the creating a new township, or ascertaining and establishing the lines or boundaries of a township, and to report to the court their opinion of the same, that the court may.take such order thereupon, as to them may appear just and reasonable. B
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