Swissvale Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 45, April T., 1916, by Swissvale Borough, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 17, In re Petition of the Inhabitants and owners of Real Estate of a portion of the Borough of Swissvale known as Wilkins Place for Annexation to the Borough of Edgewood. Petition for annexation of territory to a borough. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 45, April T., 1916, by Swissvale Borough, from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., Sept. T., 1914, No. 17, In re Petition of the Inhabitants and owners of Real Estate of a portion of the Borough of Swissvale known as Wilkins Place for Annexation to the Borough of Edgewood. Petition for annexation of territory to a borough. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order of the court as follows: “Now, to wit, the 7th day of June, A. D. 1915, the exceptions filed, ex parte, respondent in the above entitled case to the findings of fact and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
Proceedings which depend for their validity on a statute fall when the statute is repealed, unless such proceeding has ripened into á judgment or final decree: Lawrence County v. City of New Castle, 18 Pa. Superior Ct. 313; In re Washington Borough App., 26 Pa. Superior Ct. 296.
The Act of May 11, 1901, P. L. 177, empowered Courts of Quarter Sessions to cut off territory separated from the main portion of a borough or township by a natural or artificial barrier, and annex such territory to another borough or township contiguous thereto; it provided the procedure and the…
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