Washington Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 64, April T., 1904, by William W. Smith, from order of Q. S. Washington Co., Feb. Term 1902, No. 148, in the matter of the extension of the borough of Washington. Appeal from' ordinance annexing territory to Washington borough. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court, confirming the ordinance. The act of 1903 repealed the prior acts.
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Appeal, No. 64, April T., 1904, by William W. Smith, from order of Q. S. Washington Co., Feb. Term 1902, No. 148, in the matter of the extension of the borough of Washington. Appeal from' ordinance annexing territory to Washington borough. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the order of the court, confirming the ordinance. The act of 1903 repealed the prior acts. Proceedings commenced under the provisions of a statute are arrested by the repeal of the statute: every act done towards their completion after the repeal is void : North .Canal Street Road, 10…
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Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
We have decided in Donora Borough Extension, No. 86, of *297April term, 1904, in an opinion this day filed, that the Act of April 22, 1908, P. L. 247, repeals section 4 of the Act of June 2, 1871, P. L. 288, on the ground that the two acts are inconsistent with each other and that there is, therefore, an express repeal by the terms of the former act. By the same reasoning, the act of 1908, supra, repeals the several acts relating to the extension of borough limits and the annexation of adjacent territory. This act of 1903 is inconsistent with previous acts for the reason…
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