Legal Opinion

In re Incorporation of Glen Mills

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 5, 1989No. Appeal No. 1692 C.D. 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Glen Mills School appeals a decision of Judge Howard E Reed, Jr., of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, that denied the schools Petition for Incorporation as a borough, out of Thornbury Township, which is here as appellee. We affirm.

As provided in the Borough Code, Act of February 1, (1965) 1656, as amended, §202, 53 PS. §45202, freeholders may apply for the incorporation of their property as a borough. Glen Mills School is the sole freeholder involved in this borough incorporation petition, and the only one who signed it. The Code requires the common…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bear Creek Township v. Borough of Penn Lake ParkCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. In re Incorporation of the Borough of BridgewaterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In Re Incorporation of Borough of Pocono RacewayCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  2. In Re Incorporation of the Borough of ChiltonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. Patrick Media Group, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Freedman v. City of Allentown, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1991

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