In re Abington School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county: Of January Term 1877, No. 136. Prior to the year 1874, what is now the “ School District of Abington” and the “ School District of Jenkintown” comprised one district, which was then known as the “ School District of Abington.’ While so united the Abington school distinct, in the year 1866, expended a large sum of money in the erection of school buildings.
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Certiorari to the Quarter Sessions of Montgomery county: Of January Term 1877, No. 136. Prior to the year 1874, what is now the “ School District of Abington” and the “ School District of Jenkintown” comprised one district, which was then known as the “ School District of Abington.’ While so united the Abington school distinct, in the year 1866, expended a large sum of money in the erection of school buildings. On December 8th 1874, by a decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of said county, the borough of Jenkintown was created out of a portion of the township of Abington, and thereby, as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
The incorporation of the borough of Jenkintown by the Court of Quarter Sessions, out of a portion of the township of Abington and school district of the same name, resulted, by operation of law, in the formation of the new school district of Jenkintown; and the question presented in this case is, whether it is a new district, within the meaning of the 11th section of the Act of 1862, which provides, inter alia, that where a new school district is formed, the court establishing the same shall determine, on hearing, whether an undue proportion of the real estate and school houses, belonging to…
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