Manheim Township Supervisors v. Workman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

We allowed an appeal from the Superior Court in this case (154 Pa. Superior Ct. 146, 35 A. 2d 747) in order that we might review its decision sustaining the constitutionality of Section 386, Clause 2, of the General Township Act of July 14, 1917, P. L. 840, as amended by the Act of April 27,1927, P. L. 464.

This clause as amended provided that in townships of the second class the supervisors should have power “On the petition of the owners of a majority of the lineal feet frontage along any street, highway, or portion thereof within the township, to enter…