Bear Creek Township v. Borough of Penn Lake Park

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This is an appeal by the Supervisors of Bear Creek Township from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County which granted the prayer of the petition to incorporate as a borough by the majority of the resident freeholders of approximately 1,000 acres, being a portion of Bear Creek Township and Dennison Township. The petition had been opposed by both Townships in the court below, but only Bear Creek Township took this appeal. As a matter of interest, the area involved in this incorporation as a borough is only 2.5% of the total assessed valuation of Bear…