Legal Opinion
Lancaster City Annexation Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 26, 1953No. 1; Appeal, No. 113PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Musmanno,
On July 7,1952, the Council of the City of Lancaster (a city of the third class) enacted Ordinance No. 16-1952, annexing to Lancaster a tract of 13.177 acres of uninhabited land in Manheim Township (then a second class township ), contiguous to the City’s boundaries. The ordinance was the result of a petition by the Garden Spot Realty Company, owners of the tract. The Manheim Township authorities (Board of Supervisors, School Board, Tax Collector) and a William C. Schwartz, individual resident and taxpayer of the Township, appealed to the Court of Quarter…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Commonwealth v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Commonwealth v. EvansSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Commonwealth v. BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1922
- Borough of Williamsburg v. BottenfieldSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Goldman v. GoldmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- In re Condemnation by the Commonwealth, Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth v. SolleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Lancaster City Annexation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Lancaster Annexation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
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