City of Johnstown Annexation

Per Curiam,

On July 12, 1957, appellees obtained a rule, returnable July 25, 1957, to show cause why certain taxable inhabitants of Upper Yoder Township who did not sign the petition to annex the Township to the City of Johnstown should not be permitted to join in such petition nunc pro tunc so that they should be considered as having signed on or before March 5, 1957, the date the petition for annexation was presented to the city council.

The Third Class City Law of June 23, 1931, P. L. 932, sec. 501, as amended by the Act of June 28, 1951, P. L. 662, 53 PS §35501, provides that a township may…