Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP PENNSYLVANIA. A law of the State of Pennsylvania. (February 7, 1906), provides for the union of cities, .which are contiguous or in close proximity, by the annexation of the lesser to the larger.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP PENNSYLVANIA. A law of the State of Pennsylvania. (February 7, 1906), provides for the union of cities, .which are contiguous or in close proximity, by the annexation of the lesser to the larger. The parts of that law material to this decision follow, Pennsylvania Laws, 1906, p. 7: “Sec. 1. Be it enacted, etc., That wherever in this Commonwealth, now or hereafter, two. cities shall be contiguous or in close' proximity to each other, the two, with any intervening tend other than, bóroughs, may be united and become one by annexing’ and consolidating…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The plaintiffs in error seek a reversal of. the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which affirmed a decree of a lower court, directing the consolidation of the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny. This decree was entered by.authority of an act of the General Assembly of that State, after proceedings taken in conformity with its requirements. The act authorized the consolidation of two cities, situated with reference to each other as Pittsburgh and Allegheny are, if upon an election the majority of the votes cast in the territory comprised within the limits of both cities favor the…
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