Legal Opinion

Bell v. Borough

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 26, 1900No. Appeal, No. 77PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal, No. 77, Jan. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., on bill in equity, in case of Bell v. Waynesboro Borough. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the issue of borough bonds. The facts appear by the opinion of John Stewart, P. J., which was as follows : This case was heard on bill and answer.

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Appeal, No. 77, Jan. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Franklin Co., on bill in equity, in case of Bell v. Waynesboro Borough. Bill in equity for an injunction to restrain the issue of borough bonds. The facts appear by the opinion of John Stewart, P. J., which was as follows : This case was heard on bill and answer. The material facts are as follows: On November 7, 1899, the qualified electors of the borough of Waynesboro, at an election duly called and regularly held, gave their assent to a proposed increase of the borough indebtedness in the sum of $21,000, to be expended as…

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The reasoning which justifies the decree of the court below in this case has been expressed with so much force and clearness in the opinion filed, that nothing need be added thereto except the statement that since then, in the case of Roye v. Columbia Borough, 192 Pa. 146, this court has decided the same question in the same way.

Decree affirmed.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Roye v. Borough of ColumbiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899

3Cited by14 opinions

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  4. Miners S. Bank v. Duryea BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Pittsburgh Paving Co. v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

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