Franklin Borough's Incorporation Cases

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

We are again confronted with a suit arising out of this Commonwealth’s inscrutable annexation statutes.

We have before us a motion to quash the appeals to this court of the Boroughs of Delmont and Export from an order of the Common Pleas Court of Westmoreland County incorporating the Borough of Franklin. The ground for the motion is that the appellant Boroughs were not parties to the incorporation proceedings below and therefore have no standing to appeal.

The appellee cites as authority for its motion the following: Alloy Metal Wire Company, Inc., Appeal, 329 Pa. 429,…