Incorporation of Narberth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 844, Jan. T., 1895, by J. Pemberton Ellis et al., from decree of Q. S. Montgomery Co., No. 128, Boroughs etc. records, incorporating the borough of Narberth. Petition for the incorporation of Narberth borough. The grand jury reported in favor of incorporation.
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Appeal, No. 844, Jan. T., 1895, by J. Pemberton Ellis et al., from decree of Q. S. Montgomery Co., No. 128, Boroughs etc. records, incorporating the borough of Narberth. Petition for the incorporation of Narberth borough. The grand jury reported in favor of incorporation. The following exceptions were filed by appellants to the report of the grand jury. 1. Because within the boundaries of tbe proposed borough of Narberth are included many large tracts of land, on some of which some of your exceptants live, which are comprised in the two classes of farm land (including pasture land) and wood…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Chief Justice Stebbett,
It is rightly conceded by the appellants that “ the general inexpediency of incorporation ”—alleged to have been shown by depositions taken for and against the same but not brought up with the record—is not a proper subject for consideration on this appeal. It is claimed, however, that the record proper presents such errors as justify the interposition of this court and require a reversal of the decree.
The first section of the act of April 1, 1834, P. L. 163, in connection with its supplements, empowers the several courts of quarter sessions, by and with…
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