Incorporation of Wayne Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 47, Oct. T., 1899, by Howard O. Hildebrand et al., from decree of Q. S. Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1896, incorporating the borough of Wayne. Exceptions to petition incorporating a borough.
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Appeal, No. 47, Oct. T., 1899, by Howard O. Hildebrand et al., from decree of Q. S. Delaware Co., Dec. T., 1896, incorporating the borough of Wayne. Exceptions to petition incorporating a borough. Before Clayton, P. J. It appears from the record that on November 2, 1896, certain inhabitants of the towns of Wayne and St. Davids, in Radnor township, Delaware county, filed a petition praying for the incorporation of said towns and territory, described in said petition by the style and title of the borough of Wayne. A number of remonstrances were filed to this petition, some against the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
A petition was presented to the court below, on November 2, 1896, praying for the incorporation of the borough of Wayne. The notice required by law was given, and remonstrances were filed and petitions presented asking the exclusion of lands used exclusively for farming purposes, and not properly belonging to the village. The court, of its own motion, referred the whole proceeding under this order, viz: “ December 10, 1896, referred to Orlando Harvey, Esq., to take testimony, hear the parties interested, and report to the court, the report to be filed on or before…
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- Case of West PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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