Bradford Township Annexation Case

Opinion by

Ervin, P. J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of McKean County dismissing a petition for the annexation of a portion of the Township of Bradford to the City of Bradford.

So far as the procedure is concerned, this case is controlled by Hempfield Twp. Annexation Case, 211 Pa. Superior Ct. 180, 237 A. 2d 244. Both cases arose under the Act of July 20, 1953, P. L. 550, 53 PS §67501 et seq. In both cases the court appointed a board of commissioners as a fact-finding body. In both cases the board took the testimony of interested witnesses but the testimony…