Sample v. Pittsburg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Bill in equity, No. 117 Miscellaneous Docket by Thomas G. Sample, Caspar C. Heckel and John M. Allen v. The City of Pittsburg, a municipal corporation, and William B. Hays, Mayor, James S. Wrightman, President of Select Council and R. B. Ward, President of Common Councils of the City of Pittsburg. Bill in equity to restrain defendants from taking any proceedings under the act of assembly, approved April 20, 1905, to annex the city of Allegheny to the city of Pittsburg.'
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mesteezat,
This is a bill filed in this court by the plaintiffs, who are citizens and taxpayers of Allegheny City, to restrain the defendants, the city of Pittsburg and William B. Hays, mayor, James S. Wightman, president of select council, and R. B. Ward, president of common council, from taking any proceedings to annex the city of Allegheny to the city of Pitts-burg under the provisions of an act of assembly, commonly known as the “Cook law,” entitled “An act providing that where two cities are contiguous, and in the same county, the smaller may be annexed to the…
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