Whitehall Borough Incorporation Case

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

The affirmance of the orders and decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County might well be rested upon the clear and comprehensive opinion of Judge Soffel.

The court below had before it for determination three petitions — one which proposed to create out of portions of Baldwin and Bethel Townships a new borough to be known as the Borough of Whitehall; and two which had as their objective the incorporation of the entire Township of Baldwin into a borough.

The petitions for the incorporation of the Township of Baldwin, as described in said petitions, into…