Legal Opinion
Lower Merion Township v. Gallup
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1945No. Appeal, 18PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Arnold, J.,
This case involves the validity of a building code ordinance, as it is applied to house trailers.
This Court held in Township of Lower Merion v. Harrison, 84 Pa. Superior Ct. 574, that the then legislation 1 did not confer the power to classify buildings according to use and occupancy in a building code, but only to make regulations irrespective of use. Such power was supplied by the Township Code of 1931, P. L. 1206, 53 P.S. 19092-201 et seq. 2 “This control by the building laws and the municipal regulations founded thereon, is basically the same as that imposed by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cady v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Richards v. City of PontiacMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
- Spitler v. Town of MunsterIndiana Supreme Court · 1938
- Commonwealth v. SchaefferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Shooster v. DevlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Bilbar Construction Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Duckworth v. City of Bonney LakeWashington Supreme Court · 1978
- Anstine v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Napierkowski v. Township of GloucesterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- Jones v. BeiberSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
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