Bruker v. Carlisle Borough

376 Pa. 330 (1954)

Bruker, Appellant,

v.

Carlisle Borough.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued November 17, 1953.

January 13, 1954.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.

John D. Faller, Jr., with him James D. Flower, for appellants.

Tom H. Bietsch, with him Harold S. Irwin and Joseph L. Kramer, for appellees.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, January 13, 1954:

The town of Carlisle was laid out in 1751 according to a plan of Thomas Penn, then Proprietor of Pennsylvania. In a letter to Richard Peters, Secretary of the Province, he wrote that in the center…