Haake v. Borough of Norwood

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Clark, J.

Mr. Justice Parker, sitting alone in the Supreme Court, pursuant to- section 5 of the Certiorari act (Pamph. L. 1903. p. 344), set aside an ordinance of the borough of Norwood. This ordinance provided for the grading, macadamizing and draining of certain streets in that borough, and assessed seventy per cent, of the cost of these improvements against the lands benefited thereby. Authority for the passage of such an ordinance and the procedure of the borough council in regard thereto are found in articles 20 and 10, and more particularly in…