Ontelaunee Township Annexation Case

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Pursuant to The General Borough Act of May 4, 1927, P. L. 519, as revised and amended by The Borough Code of July 10, 1947, P. L. 1621, §§425, 426, 53 P.S. §12461, et seq., and upon the petition of the requisite number of freeholders in the territory, the Borough of West Leesport enacted an ordinance annexing 281.36 acres of land situate in the adjacent Township of Ontelaunee, a township of the second class. The Township and several individuals appealed to the court below which dismissed their appeals, and the Township brought the case to this Court.

I. The annexing…