Schuldice v. Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 111, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1911, No. 45, dismissing bill in equity in case of Charles A. Schuldice v. The City of Pittsburg, William A. Magee, Mayor, and Eustace S. Morrow, City Controller. Taxpayer’s bill to enjoin a city from negotiating a loan without the assent of the electors, and to have declared void ordinances providing for the widening of certain city streets.
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Appeal, No. 111, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., Jan. T., 1911, No. 45, dismissing bill in equity in case of Charles A. Schuldice v. The City of Pittsburg, William A. Magee, Mayor, and Eustace S. Morrow, City Controller. Taxpayer’s bill to enjoin a city from negotiating a loan without the assent of the electors, and to have declared void ordinances providing for the widening of certain city streets. From the bill and answer Frazer, P. J., found the following facts: 1. Plaintiff is a resident and taxpayer of the city of Pittsburg. 2. The city of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
By this bill a taxpayer sought in the court below to enjoin the city of Pittsburg from negotiating a loan in the sum of $81,000, authorized by ordinance without the assent of the electors for certain specified municipal purposes. He also asked that three separate ordinances providing for the widening of certain streets and avenues be declared null and void, and that the appellees be restrained from taking any further steps to enforce the same. The ground upon which appellant asked the relief prayed for was that the city had already exceeded its borrowing capacity…
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