Huntingdon County Line
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 36, March T., 1899, by Huntingdon Co., from decree of Q. S. Mifflin Co., April Sessions, 1897, No. 37, refusing to grant a rule returnable at a future date, to show cause why tbe report of tbe county line commissioners should not be approved and ordered to be recorded, and to the decree of the court refusing to approve the report of the county line commissioners.
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Appeal, No. 36, March T., 1899, by Huntingdon Co., from decree of Q. S. Mifflin Co., April Sessions, 1897, No. 37, refusing to grant a rule returnable at a future date, to show cause why tbe report of tbe county line commissioners should not be approved and ordered to be recorded, and to the decree of the court refusing to approve the report of the county line commissioners. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Petition of the commissioners of Huntingdon county for a rule on the commissioners of Mifflin county to show cause why the report and map made by the commissioners appointed to run and mark the line…
1Opinion of the Court
OpiííTOír BY
Rice, J.,
When this case was here before (8 Pa. Superior Ct. 380) we fully considered, and indicated as clearly as we could, the power and duty of the county line commissioners, the jurisdiction of the quarter sessions to review their findings, and our jurisdiction on appeal. We discover no reason for qualifying anything that we then said upon these subjects, nor is it necessary to repeat it here. We also considered the procedure, and held that the quarter sessions of Mifflin was not bound summarily to approve the report upon its presentation, but ought to appoint a time when the…
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- Huntingdon County LineSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Schrimpton v. BertoletSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Peterson ex rel. Peterson v. Atlantic City RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
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