Indiana Township Lines Alteration Case

Dissenting Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.:

I dissent from the conclusion reached by the majority in this case. The provisions of earlier acts similar to section 302 of The Second Class Township Code of May 1, 1933, P. L. 103, as amended, 53 PS §19093-302, have been construed as giving the courts of quarter sessions jurisdiction and power to grant the change of line (or annexation) sought by petitioners. In the Matter of the Division Line of Clay, West Cocalico, and Ephrata Townships, 33 Pa. 366. The Clay case, where about 700 acres of land were taken from two adjoin*650ing townships, and, in the words of…